Monthly Archives: July 2013

Strawberries!

July 11, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

We ate according to the seasons when I was a girl. Airplanes didn’t whisk fresh fruit and vegetables to Indiana from more tropical climates such as Florida, California and Latin America. We Hoosiers could have fresh green beans, corn on the cob, cucumbers, and watermelon only in the summer. The … Read More

Patience Worth, Part 1

July 11, 2013 | by Al Hunter

One hundred years ago this week, St. Louis, Missouri housewife Pearl Curran created a stir with a Ouija board by unleashing a legend named “Patience Worth.” Beginning in July 1912 Pearl Curran and her friend Emily Grant Hutchings began experimenting with the Ouija board during afternoon teas while their husbands … Read More