Archive for the 'Indiana' Category
A Run for the Roses (Part 1)
• November 15, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Kentucky, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: 12-ounce Coors beer, AM radio, Arrested Development, Bardstown Road, Borderlines, Bud Morris, Cherokee Park, Churchill Downs, Cricketeer jacket, Eastern Parkway, Ellen Morris, Essen Haus, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandpa Adams, Grandpa Maupin, Highway 61, Huey Piano Smith, instant coffee, John Goodman, Johnny Rivers, Joshua, Kelligan's Cafe, Kentucky Derby, La Crosse, Louisville, Lynn Birkett, Madison, Marcy, Midwest Creole, Mint Juleps, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Mr. Wendal, New York, NRBQ, Peachtree Street, Statue of Liberty, Steve Ferguson, Tennessee, the road, Tony Curtis, wanderlust, wedding
Jackie’s Boys
• October 19, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1962, 2008, 2018, Adams, Depression, Indiana, Mom
Tags: birth order, clinical depression, divorce, dysthymia, feminist literature, grief, Indianapolis, infidelity, loss, Mamie Adams, Me Too, parenting, Raymond Adams, sibling rivalry, suicide
Approaching the Frontier
• July 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1988, 1989, Dad, girlfriends, Hopkins, Indiana, Lake Minnetonka
Tags: Abi Bilkus, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ellen Terry, Fingerhut, Forest Gate, imagination, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lakewood Community College, Lindsay Clarke, London, mid-Victorian theater, proofreader, Ridgedale library, Roger Manvell, Sally, stargazing, storytelling, The Crowded Room, The Wandering Moon, Wood Green
Broad Ripple
• September 9, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 2010, Casco Point, Hopkins, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota
Tags: Available Light Creative, Ayres, Basho, Broad Ripple, gasman, Greensburg, hair tonic, Indianapolis, John Rogers, Louisville, MCL, Methodist churches, Narrow Road to the Deep North, Republican, shoe polish, Town & Country Club, volunteer fireman, White River School
Hanging by a Hair
• December 18, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1987, 1988, 1989, Hopkins, Indiana, Minnesota
Tags: beards, Brian, coconut butter, Colin, Colorado, crickets, Dad, England, five senses, Franco-Germanic, Frank Zappa, Indianapolis, Jacques Cousteau, long hair, Mom, National Geographic, onions, pickled herring, Pink Floyd, soap operas, spaghetti and meatballs, wedding
Baby Bright Star
• August 28, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1959, 1997, 2008, Depression, Florida, Indiana
Tags: AJ, Aunt Joyce, Coleman Hospital, depression, dysthymia, empath, empathic, empathy, Grandpa Adams, Hawaii, highly sensitive, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Star Trek, Therese
The Impossibly Improbable Inevitable
• April 24, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1996, 2000, Indiana, Indianapolis
Tags: Batesville, Broad Ripple, Cadillac, Cape Haze, Cast Away, Christmas, death, diaries, dying, Ed McMahon, Englewood, Florida, Fort Myers, Frontier Park, Grand Avenue, Grandpa Adams, graveyards, Greensburg, grieving, headstones, Honda, journals, Missouri River, Mylar balloons, Nissan, Robert Zemeckis, Santa Fe, Sherman House Restaurant, St. Charles, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Paul, Thérèse Williams, Three Sisters
Mamie
• November 21, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1981, Depression, Indiana
Tags: 1928 Model A roadster, Albany, Cape May, Carolina, clinical depression, grandparents, Greensburg, Hazel, Indianapolis, Magee, mental illness, New Castle, Spiceland
Tell Me a Story
• September 5, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1965, Books, Indiana, Media
Tags: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Atalanta, Bambi, Chicken Little, children's stories, Cinderella, Dick van Dyke, golden apples, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Hercules, Hippomenes, Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Black Sambo, Nancy Kwan, nursery rhymes, Pandora, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sleeping Beauty, stories, storytelling
Backyard Incinerator
• August 8, 2014 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1956, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2012, Family, Florida, Indiana, Indianapolis, Minnetrista
Tags: American Spaniel Club, Broad Ripple, Cocker spaniels, cremation, death of a parent, Edith Harter, Greensburg, grief, Horace Harter, house fire, jobs, Joshua Logan, Lena Adams, loss, Picnic, post-World War II, Ray Adams, William Inge, Zenith TV
Completely in the Dark 