Hoosier author brought nature to readers
Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, John Burroughs. To this list of famous American naturalists, add the name Gene Stratton-Porter of Indiana.
Decades...
Father’s Day remembrances of love, learning, laughing
1967: He might seem familiar to many of you, but he was the first man that showed me how to put a red worm...
Taking stock of self; a 5-year (or so) report card
This month marks my 35th year in television. It seems like just yesterday I was nervously standing in front of a camera, not sure...
Search for food too successful, prompts obesity ‘epidemic’
They call it an obesity “epidemic.” Now, an epidemic in my profession is something that sneaks up when you’re unprepared, when you’re minding your...
Level of underutilized workers worrisome issue for Indiana
“There's a whole bunch of people in Indiana who have given up looking for jobs,” Guy Matins declared over breakfast.
“Not as...
Norman Knight June 17
According to a story in the in-flight magazine Hemispheres, two New Yorkers have come up with an unusual use for the “long and functionally...
Be brave enough to face, then embrace your failures
Not too long ago, I sat down with Peter Dunn (a.k.a. Pete the Planner), a personal finance author and radio personality to chat over...
This school offers future to students with a past
The conventional graduation ceremonies occurring across Indiana offer an opportunity to recognize an unconventional one. A Columbia City high school this year is graduating...
Renovating kitchen creates topsy-turvy life at home
My wife informed me the other day that she was top heavy.
“I have to be honest,” I told her, “but I...
All things possible during grandchildren’s wonder years
A 4-year-old is counting her piggies as she calls them.
“I have nine piggies, Grandma.”
“If you have nine piggies,...