Monthly Archives: December 2013

Broad Ripple Celebrates the Holidays

December 12, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Broad Ripple Village Association is hosting Lights Up!, a family-friendly afternoon in Broad Ripple to celebrate the holidays, on Dec. 14. Visit Fire Station #32 for family-friendly activities and entertainment in the Kids’ Wonderland Activity Village from 2-5 p.m.. At 5:30 p.m., the Lights Up! parade — … Read More

Hand Jive

December 12, 2013 | by CJ Woods III

“You must be a doctor, the way your goin’ after those hands,” a man said to me in the men’s room. The only comfort I could take in his observation is that he was waiting to get to the sink; this does not happen much in men’s rooms, and if … Read More

Snow Diary

December 12, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Eek! I seem to be saying that a lot these days. The months have sped by so that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is nearly here. I try to follow Thoreau’s advice and live my life consciously. However, the older one becomes, the faster time goes so it’s difficult to … Read More

Lincoln at Gettysburg, Part 4

December 12, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Over the past few weeks I’ve inundated you with more than you ever wanted to know about Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In the 150 years since Mr. Lincoln uttered those 272 words in 10 brief sentences over the course of barely 3 minutes, historians have dissected it word by word … Read More

Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

December 12, 2013 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

It is the belief of many that the original Santa Claus was Saint Nicholas of Myra, born in 300 A.D. The only child of affluent parents, he was orphaned at the age of three and sent to a monastery. At the age of 17 he became a priest with a … Read More