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A lone cricket chirps outside the kitchen door, a song of longing and sadness and foreboding. He knows his days are numbered, and summer is on the wane. The withered and dry grasses tell him so, while a cooler breeze is threaded though the yellowing . . .
Women’s art show
benefits SCAN
Dear Readers:
Currently I am up to my eyeballs in preparations for the Macedonian Patriotic Organization’s 89th annual Convention. So this week’s column comes to you from Macedonian-American artist and elementary . . .
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the . . .
(Part one of three)
TV INTERVIEWER: “I’m Trevor Tate your host with Channel 52, Detroit with a strange story from Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan. The mysterious tale involves two young kids, ten and twelve years old, who stumbled on to a secret . . .
After Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy) had escorted Labelle to Jessie’s place and seen her safely inside the gate, his next thought was how to get out to his dad’s boat. He had come ashore on Jessie’s boat, which left him stranded on land. . . .
The dusty-pink blossoms of the Joe-Pye weed droop over the road banks and warn us of summer’s passing—very, very soon. In the meadows and along the road the fragrant blooms of wild pinks (dianthus) decorate the scene and add their perfume to the . . .
International Left-handers Day Celebration:
a BAQ tradition
. . .
(Remember them?)
1. You had to wash the clothesline before hanging any clothes – walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang “whites” with “whites,” . . .
THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
A Native American Interpretation
(From The Files of Chief Lekhiket)
The Great Father above a Shepherd Chief is.
I am His and with Him I want not.
He throws out to me a rope and the name of the rope is love and He draws me to where . . .
The Cougars are picked to repeat as MSFA Mideast League champs, unfortunately for the University of Saint Francis, it’s the league’s ‘other’ Cougars — Saint Xavier University. SXU has been picked as the favorite to capture the 2010 title . . .
As darkness descended on the boat shack everybody finished eating their fill of fresh fruit and seafood. Dan removed the copper kettle from the fire and rekindled the glowing embers with fresh cedar branches. Island rum, limes, and Jessie’s Mason . . .
Yellow and black swallowtail butterflies hover above the Rose of Sharon bush which is so loaded with double blossoms that the boughs are drooping downward. It does resemble a giant rose bush, with a mass of heavy, deep pink blooms. Although it is mid . . .
Quilters Celebration 2010
This year’s Quilters Celebration proves to be exceptional. I share the experience with my good friend Robin. Robin and I met in the terminal of Fort Wayne International Airport in late August 2005. Alone in the terminal we . . .
Growing up, we did not have TV. Instead we would listen to the radio. There was a radio program called “The Family that Prays Together Stays Together.”
To my Waynedale News family, I say let us all come together in prayer, and to hell with . . .
All athletes must prepare and practice during the off-season in order to be successful. Pitchers are throwing for hours to get ready during spring training. Marathon runners consistently increase the length of their runs to build endurance and decrease . . .
(Part two of two)
She started thinking about the mailman. He was always so cranky. He never said hello when Hannah would talk to him. Or if he said anything it was how bad the day was or how busy he was. “Here comes the mailman,” she said to herself . . .
The bane of many parents’ existence is the rivalry that exists among their children when they are young and when they are adults. There seems no end to it. Children count the number of potato chips on every plate, and adults keep track of the value . . .
(Part one of two)
This is a story of a 5-year-old girl names Hannah. She is one of God’s special people. She lives with her three sisters and parents who all love the Lord. They pray together and care for one another in special ways. Hannah is a delightful . . .
Members of the Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Association (ICTGA) are busy grooming your real Christmas tree for the 2010 season and beyond. Real tree consumers will be ready to purchase when late November and December come around but few know that . . .
As Dream Weaver approached her mooring ball, Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy) hurried forward with the boathook, snagged the mooring line and secured it to the Samson post. While the charter guests gathered their cameras, suntan lotion, . . .
Dog days came into our hills hot and dry, with searing heat and crops begging for rain. It is a 40-day period which runs from the third of July until the 11th of August, with the hottest temperatures of the year. According to folk lore, . . .
SPEAK AT A GUILD; MAKE A NEW FRIEND
Last week it was my privilege to speak to the members of the Appleseed Quilters Guild on the topic of quilt restoration. I mentioned to President Mary Ann Skinner, I’d be more than happy to perform an autopsy or . . .
As part of the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Indiana Scouts invite local residents to a historic event Saturday, July 31, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. It’s called A Shining Light Across America.
Fort Wayne . . .
Driftwood Lane, the fourth book by Denise Hunter with a Nantucket setting will bring the seashore right into your living room—or bedroom, depending on where you like to read your romance stories. Perhaps it is only improvable . . .
Some people still don’t understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange a few years ago between Senator John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive and impromptu speech, . . .
Summer has exploded in our hills like a Fourth of July firecracker, with searing heat and high humidity. The widespread daisies are giving way to Queen Anne’s lace, bright blue chicory and showy orange butterfly weed. It already looks like midsummer, . . .
July 15-17 are the dates for this year’s Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration. The historic Marie Webster House in Marion, Indiana is the setting for the annual event. Jean Wells Keenan will be the 40th honoree to be inducted into the Quilters Hall . . .
Wedding season is underway, and hundreds of Hoosier couples are taking the next step toward building their life together. Before they make their way to the altar, they spend time evaluating their personalities, values, goals and more to determine if . . .
Marking the eightieth anniversary of the debut of “The Shadow,” the nationally syndicated radio program “When Radio Was” will present a special four-week retrospective, which will include the first rebroadcasts of two long-lost 1938 episodes . . .