Monthly Archives: September 2017

Open Wide, Please

September 28, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions because I never kept them. You know what I mean, don’t you? “I’m going to lose weight so that I can get back into the clothes I’ve outgrown . . . I’m going to exercise as my doctor recommends . . . I’m always … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 29-Oct. 5

September 28, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, October 1: Yesterday at Washington Park, more than 8,200 spectators watched the Indianapolis Indians, the American League pennant winners, clinch the title “Minor League World’s Champions,” with a fifth game Class AA series 5 to 4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the International League … Read More

The Little Bits of Joy

September 28, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

In his poem, “In My Craft or Sullen Art,” Dylan Thomas wrote of the joy and misery of the creative process and the emotional drive to continue to produce that which one loves. I was a casual scribe with a limited audience when I was conscripted into the service of … Read More

Abraham Lincoln Grave Robbers, Part 2

September 28, 2017 | by Al Hunter

Last week, I told you the story of the failed attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body from it’s final resting place at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The attempt took place on November 7, 1876; Presidential election night in America. The covert-cadaver-caper was concocted by a group of bumbling … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Sept. 22-29

September 21, 2017 | by Weekly View

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