Peter Kuhns’s Story Archive

Goodbye Frost – Time to Plant and Plan!

May 16, 2013 | by Peter Kuhns

Hoosier gardeners universally regard Mother’s Day as the last frost date. This means any date past Mother’s Day — which fell on Sunday May 12th this year — is a fine time for sticking warm weather veggies and seeds in the ground. Even after an unusually wet, cold spring, the … Read More

An Urban Green Oasis

April 4, 2013 | by Peter Kuhns

After decades of economic ups and downs, lost blue-collar jobs, abandoned homes, and economic downturns, Willard Park remains challenged more than almost any other community in the city. This large neighborhood, which includes Willard Park on Washington Street and the Indianapolis Re-entry Educational Facility (referred to as the women’s prison) … Read More

Blast Off Into a New Space Program: Part 2

March 14, 2013 | by Peter Kuhns

NASA has done a poor job communicating the transition phase it’s experiencing since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011. The average American thinks NASA is finished/ended/no-longer (these words have been voiced by educated Americans on more than one occasion to the writer of this article). The lull America has … Read More

Blastoff!

March 7, 2013 | by Peter Kuhns

A close encounter with NASA last week revealed an agency slowly but successfully transitioning to a leaner, science- and exploration-oriented entity. NASA seems to have shaken off its vulnerability to poor decisions made for them by political manipulation, and seems more resistant to budget-devouring black hole projects of the past. … Read More