Monthly Archives: June 2025

Barefootin’

On June 3rd, 2025, my neighbor and I walked around the block, looking for the fire trucks that we had seen. The trucks had just passed the “hot corner” intersection of East St Joseph Street and North Hawthorne Lane; the sirens were not blaring, but a bright red spiral of … Read More

Harry Houdini and Abraham Lincoln

This column originally appeared in June 2017. Magician Harry Houdini had a very unlikely boyhood hero — a hero adored by a generation before Houdini’s 1874 birth and a hero worshiped by generations hence. Harry Houdini’s hero was Abraham Lincoln. Houdini’s devotion to Lincoln could be found on stage during … Read More

25th Annual Irvington Garden Tour June 29

IRVINGTON —The Irvington Garden Club & Farmers Market will present their 25th Annual Garden Tour on June 29 from 1-5 p.m. Since their first tour in 2000, they’ve highlighted the best gardens in historic Irvington. This year they will continue that tradition. Gardens in Irvington tend to be shade gardens, … Read More