Monthly Archives: July 2013

Library Launches Citizen-Led Planning Process

July 18, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — On behalf of The Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees, Board President Jim Lingenfelter and Library CEO Jackie Nytes invite public participation in a six-month strategic planning process that will define the Library’s role in the community for the years 2015 – 2020. A local steering committee representing … Read More

The Annual “I Hate Weeds” Column

July 18, 2013 | by Ethel Winslow

In agriculture the Thistle is the recognized sign of untidiness and neglect, being found not so much in barren ground, as in good ground not properly cared for. It has always been a plant of ill repute among us; Shakespeare classes ‘rough Thistles’ with ‘hateful Docks,’ and further back in … Read More

What’s For Dinner?

July 18, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Each memory is like a paper flower stored up in a magician’s sleeve: Invisible one moment and then so substantial and florid the next. I cannot imagine how it stayed hidden all this time, and like those paper flowers, once they’ve been let loose in the world, the memories are … Read More

Mr. Diggum’s Diary

July 18, 2013 | by CJ Woods III

My friends returned from vacation to find that their cat, “Mr. Diggums,” had left a diary of his days. What follows is an excerpt. Day One: I knew it: mom and dad left, dragging bags. Gone! But I’ll get mine, and give them an extra ration of GRIEF when they … Read More

Cricket is Coming to a Field Near You

July 18, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Since it has been made very clear by the current Mayor of Indianapolis that a cricket field is to be constructed on the east side of our city, we at the Weekly View thought that a brief introduction and orientation to Great Britain’s most popular sport might be in order. … Read More