Divorce should be a respectable choice
I cannot believe that so few women got worked up about my column on pornography! Granted, my editor cut a few key phrases that involved a search engine and the female anatomy, but still,...
View ArticleA sleepy roofer’s tale
You’ll excuse me if I seem a little disjointed. It’s a Sunday morning and the roofers are here, working hard while I am hardly working. They got here nice and early – while the...
View ArticleFur bearing thieves beware
I grow a pretty good vegetable garden, if I do say so myself, and like any good gardener I am always happy to share the bounty. I always plant too much anyway, so it...
View ArticleLose ‘Lost’ and join the ‘Thrones’
My husband and I don’t watch much television. Apart from “Glee,” “Sports Center” and the occasional “30 Rock” rerun, we’re mostly too busy shuttling kids to and from their various practices, meetings...
View ArticleMooning the Islanders
Have you ever sat down on a public toilet only to discover a gi-normous hole in your pants just below your back pocket? Me neither, until recently at Kings Island. Hmmm . . ....
View ArticleWhy you need a glider
I recently acquired a glider for the front porch and using it has led me to a stunning conclusion: The world would be a lot calmer place if everyone would just get a glider....
View ArticleThe calm is just a ruse
Have you ever had a day where everything seems to be moving along too perfectly? Where you think to yourself, “Something’s up. Life shouldn’t be this good?” I had one of those recently, and...
View ArticleExcuse me while I go to the fair
If I am slightly unavailable for the next few days, I have a good reason: It’s State Fair time. I am a 100-percent, dyed-in-the-wool, accept-no-substitutes Indiana State Fair junkie and have been all...
View ArticleThings I learned at my 50th reunion! (with a few names changes)
If you wear the wrong name tag, most people won’t know the difference for at least an hour. The group I hung out with in 1965 didn’t take drugs. Now, we all do. All...
View ArticleColumn: Mike Redmond signing off
Wow. Writing this week’s column is harder than I thought it would be. I keep starting and deleting and starting and deleting and … well, 16th time’s a charm, right? OK, here goes: Dear...
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