Take a poll among your family and friends and you’ll find that Australia is on most Hoosiers’ travel bucket lists. It’s easy to see why: the huge country Down Under offers something for everyone. Nature lovers will enjoy the Great Barrier Reef. Located on Australia’s east coast, it is the world’s largest reef, stretching 1,240 miles. The Cairns area is [...]
Technologically speaking, texting is a marvel of the modern world. We’re all so familiar with it now, but try to view it from a fresh perspective for a moment. Texting allows us to instantly send our thoughts, and even images and short videos, across vast expanses of space in the blink of an eye to a recipient – almost no [...]
One of my favorite items to craft with is Styrofoam. Styrofoam comes in so many shapes and sizes, plus you can cut larger pieces to be in any size or shape you want. It is a lot of fun – a bit messy sometimes, but a lot of fun. I decided to combine a couple of other, unexpected items with [...]
Tip: Watch “The Bible,” History Channel, Sundays at 8 p.m. throughout March. The truth is I don’t watch a whole lot of TV. And while I am good-naturedly chuckling as I think about this, I especially have no interest in reality shows like “Survivor” and am offended by the “historical Jesus” nonsense routinely offered as “documentary” programming. The manufactured predicaments [...]
Even people who are not especially close to God are often quick to blame God when things – health, relationships, jobs, money, dreams, etc. – fall apart in their lives. “If God loved me, He wouldn’t let this happen …” Conversely, believers are quick to blame Satan when things fall apart in theirs. “The enemy is attacking me,” they piously [...]
A Facebook friend recently posted a rant about grammar pet peeves. I immediately checked it out because, well, I’m not going to pass up free column ideas, am I? Near the top of her list was the misuse of “then” and “than.” She also claimed that Hoosiers are especially prone to this, as we don’t seem to be able to [...]
Recently I heard an earnest ESPN radiodiscussion about idols and later that day saw an unrelated online post from a long-ago friend about open-mindedness. The sports talk was about whether current basketball player LeBron James would ever be “idolized” to the same extent as Michael Jordan. My long-ago friend extolled the joy of living near San Francisco where everyone is [...]
I heard a new accusation about Hoosiers recently: Apparently, we love our dangling participles. Furthermore, it’s been alleged that our grammatical dalliances are infecting the rest of the country. The nerve of the accusation, right? While I’m confident my participles are firmly fixed and double-bolted to the correct nouns, I thought the subject of dangling participles was worth an article. [...]
The term “powder room” actually dates back to the 18th century when many aristocrats would build a small room in their home where people could take a break from the big party and get their wigs re-powdered. While powdered wigs aren’t exactly all the rage anymore, homeowners still like to have a small room in the home to accommodate guests. [...]
I love crafts that I can do with my kids. First, because it gives us something to do that we all love and enjoy working on. Second, when kids can accomplish tasks like this all by themselves, it gives them a huge boost of confidence. In addition, it can give kids an opportunity to explore their creative side along with [...]
