Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

No Partridges in This Pear Tree

The strawberry season this year was disappointing, to say the least. Last year, I joked about having to play “Strawberry Twister” for weeks as I gathered thousands of red ripe strawberries every day from the overgrown patch in the back yard — this year, the berries were fewer and smaller … Read More

Noises Off: A Farce Within A Farce

Finish your beverages in the lobby before you enter the world of Noises Off, the current production showing at the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Mainstage, or you run the risk of liquids shooting out your nose or choking with laughter. This beloved play is in masterful hands that wring every laugh … Read More

Earth Day Clean-Ups and Tree Plantings

Earth Day is April 22. The day was established in 1970 through a grassroots (pardon the pun) effort to educate and celebrate the importance of the environment. Over the decades, the world has become even more aware of the need to take care of our world. One of the most … Read More

Looking Over the President’s Shoulder at the IRT

Alonzo Fields, a black man born in 1900 and a native of Lyles Station, Indiana, was a witness to history. James Still’s play, Looking Over the President’s Shoulder tells the story of this remarkable man, the Chief Butler in the White House from 1933 to 1953, and how the world … Read More

April (Snow) Showers Bring May Flowers?

Are you ready to put away the snow shovels for the garden spade? Yeah, we are, too. “Snow is the poor man’s fertilizer” isn’t just an old gardening trope — there is actually science behind it! My grandfather the orchardsman loved to see snow on his cornfields all winter long, … Read More