Monthly Archives: July 2019

Abraham Lincoln’s Librarian: Jane Gastineau

The Hoosier Lincoln community is losing a shining light in Fort Wayne next week. Jane E. Gastineau, Lincoln Librarian of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection (LFFC) housed at the Allen County Public Library is retiring on July 31. Jane closes her 12 year stint of meticulously cataloging, documenting and digitizing … Read More

Sitting On The Porch

A woman came up to me as I sat in my red camp chair watching Blue Alchemy play at a concert sponsored by the Friends of Irving Circle. I had not been long settled into my chair when she approached me. Without preamble, she asked me, “Are you coming to … Read More

What’s It Worth?

If I have heard it once, I have hear it a hundred times, “I looked it up online” (sigh). As the Millennials hold to their minimalist standards and their frustrated parents struggle to thin down a lifetime of accumulation, more and more people are turning to the Internet to find … Read More

Pagenaud at Toronto

The IndyCar hotshot met at the Exhibition Place Street Course in Toronto, Ontario last Sunday and the story was Simon Pagenaud and Team Penske. The 36-year-old driver from Montmorillon, France is enjoying a dream season and dominated the weekend, winning both the pole and the race. On a beautiful clear … Read More