Monthly Archives: February 2021

Orator for Social Justice

February 25, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

Through time stories have been told of the famous and the infamous. Most of these tales have been told to American children from a Eurocentric point of view of the great and not so great men with a sprinkling of women thrown in along with the rare non-European. Growing up … Read More

It’s Never Too Soon to Start

February 25, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

In the U.S. today nearly 15,000,000 carry the dual responsibility of raising their children while assisting with the care of their aging parents. The heads of these multi-generation families face many challenges, not the least of which is the best way to help their parents with down-sizing when the time … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 19-March 4

February 25, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 20, 1921: Indianapolis is book poor! The library is 100,000 volumes short of what a library for a city of this size should have, and with a 30% increase in the number of library patrons in the last three years the high schooler trying … Read More

Black Socks

February 25, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

A message from a friend asked if I would soon be at my favorite cidery; he had a gift for me. I told him that I would, and met Wes Homoya at his brother’s cider house. He said to me, “You’re a ‘sock guy’, so I thought you’d like these,” … Read More

Horseshoe Have A Quarterback

February 25, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

With all the news the weather has made lately, it may have escaped your attention that our Indianapolis Colts got a deal done with the Philadelphia Eagles for quarterback Carson Wentz. The Eagles received a third round draft pick in this year’s college draft and a conditional second round pick … Read More