Monthly Archives: August 2017

In the Days of the Lost Sunshine 2017. Part 2

August 24, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The jelly, the jam, and the marmalade, And the cherry and quince “preserves” she made! And the sweet-sour pickles of peach and pear, With cinnamon in ‘em and all things rare!— And the more we ate was the more to spare Out to Old Aunt Mary’s! My great-aunt Laura, one … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 24-31

August 24, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, August 26: Plans are tentatively under discussion by prominent Indianapolis men for the construction of an endowed, free 300-bed hospital dedicated to the treatment of invalid and crippled children. Within the last few days the proposal has received the hearty approval of hundreds of Hoosier … Read More

Wish I’d Said That

August 24, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

The line at the grocer’s customer service counter had four people in it, and I was the third. The man being served by the store’s representative had a small exchange with the woman behind him. She turned away from him, and toward me. I purposely chose a vague point in … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 25-31

August 24, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, August 27: A crowd of 200,000 persons lined twenty-eight blocks of downtown streets yesterday afternoon to greet the uniformed men of the Indiana National Guard, who will soon go overseas, and the conscripted young men in their Sunday best who have been selected for the … Read More

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?

August 24, 2017 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

How well I remember my senior year in high school. Saving up for the latest Beatles album, waiting for trigonometry to sink in and waking each morning to the sound blasting from my Big Ben alarm clock. Who would have thought that those noise nuisances that so abruptly started the … Read More