Monthly Archives: February 2014

Walker Career Center is Germany Bound!

INDIANAPOLIS — Congratulations to the Walker Career Center Nanoline Team for taking 1st place and being named National Champions in the Phoenix Contact Nanoline competition. The event took place at the Phoenix Contact’s USA headquarters located in Middletown, Pennsylvania on Feb. 15. The team competed against five remaining teams, including … Read More

UIndy Dinner Theater Presents Country Club Farce

INDIANAPOLIS — Madcap physical comedy, romantic intrigue and golf will be on the menu when the University of Indianapolis presents The Fox on the Fairway as its annual dinner theater production, opening Feb. 21. First staged in 2010, the play by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) … Read More

Book Review: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

In Karen Joy Fowler’s new book, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, narrator Rosemary Cooke begins her story in the middle, when she is pulled into a kerfuffle and disturbs the peace in the  cafeteria of her California university. After her arrest, Rosemary’s father  solves the immediate problem. But he … Read More

Mailing May, Part 1

A friend of mine from Chicago, Wally Dworak, recently gave me an excellent idea for a story. I’m not going to give away the punchline, but the gist of the idea revolves around the United States Postal Service and the history of Parcel Post. Wait, wait, before you roll your … Read More

Hugs

I did something for someone and she showed her appreciation by giving me a hug. We stood together in this friendly embrace for some moments, hugging, rocking slightly, until she said, “No one likes to give up on a hug.” I grew up in a hugless home, where being held … Read More