Archive for the 'Indianapolis' 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
Fright Night
• October 26, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1957, 2017, Christmas, Dad, Indianapolis, Maryland, Mom
Tags: All Hallow's Eve, All Saints Day, Alyward family, belonging, candor, Casper the Friendly Ghost, connection, daytalking, ghosts, Grasper the Unwelcome Ghost, Greensburg, honesty, ignorance, indifference, M. Night Shyamalan, nightwalking, self-absorption, Shelagh Delaney, stargazing, The Sixth Sense, White House
The Seven-Year Plan
• October 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1961, 1967, 2017, 2024, Indianapolis, Maryland
Tags: American History, art, artists, baby book, birth, breastfeeding, daytalking, Encyclopedia Britannica, Family Project, five-year plans, Frank Gierke, Jacques Cousteau, Jingle Bells, marriage, men, National Geographic, nightwalking, rebirth, stargazing, Thanksgiving, women
Question Everything
• February 3, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 2017, creativity, Hopkins, Indianapolis
Tags: Blake Road North, Bleeding Heart Jesus, corporations, Medium, politicians, Question, Sony headphones, The Moody Blues, Vicious Frieze, Vietnam War, WordPress
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
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
The Handkerchief
• April 8, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 2012, Indiana, Indianapolis
Tags: 21st birthday, Adams, Brian, Broad Ripple, Dad, gifts, Gordon, Greensburg, handkerchief, Joyce, Mom, Timex
Spaces
• April 10, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in 1973, Casco Point, Dad, Indianapolis, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, Music, Writing
Tags: 48-Hr. Film Festival, ABBA, Celts, Don Smith, Erlichmann, Golden Book, gravel pit, Greensburg, Haldeman, hot dogs, Jello 1-2-3, KDWB, Minneapolis, Nixon, Rob Sherwood, soda fountains, space, Stonehenge, streetlights, White House, White River Park, Woolworth's
Completely in the Dark 