Out With the New, In With the Stick and Pokes

It’s time to put aside the trendy, metallic temporary tattoos of the summer for another contemporary yet more permanent method of artistic individualization and expression. Since tattoos are not as negatively judged upon in the workplace, it’s natural the art is evolving — er, retrogressing, if we’re being honest. This method doesn’t even involve a noisy (and […]

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Optimism About Opportunity

A wise-beyond-her-years college student at a local university perpetually reached out and took adventure by the hand in every opportunity she possessed. Carrying her discerning yet sprightly personality, she altered a small lacking town to accommodate her youth and constant wonder. This wonder was vivid, the kind of person with whom anyone can connect. So […]

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The New Cost of Prom

The high school year ends with a flurry of finals, the hope of sunshine-filled days, and, of course, prom. Planning prom is a challenge in itself. Who’s in whose group? Where are we getting ready? Where do we go to eat? What are we doing afterwards? On top of all the frenetic happenings lies another […]

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Healing Is Inevitable

When the first sledding-worthy day in Indiana arrives, boots get tugged out of the back of the closet and layers become a must. Although  accumulating snow never reached more than a few inches this year, people still find ways to enjoy the white-laced earth. On one of the only days decent enough for any outdoor winter […]

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“Null Dating” Means No Difference

Basketball is a pretty big deal in Indiana. In 1986, Hollywood made a movie called Hoosiers and filmed it about forty minutes from where I live. It’s, of course, all about the relationship between basketball and our great state in the middle of the Midwest. Many of us, myself included, dedicate our beloved Friday nights for the sake […]

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Our Gardening Projects

On a wooden desk sits a stack of unfinished work in the form of paper, pieces of wrapped candies, and our vulnerable hearts. We talk news, politics, love, and, most importantly, our more than hectic but also beautiful lives. The ability to open up and be so bluntly honest with someone about the worries of […]

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Our Beautiful Stories

Stories are all around us. Television series, movies, plays, fables, and books are only a few examples of how stories collide with our lives every day. I’ve noticed that many of my older-souled relatives get a kick out of talking about their younger years, and most of those aged stories sound like they could be fictional. […]

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Threatened: To Be or Not to Be

Dictionary.com provides one definition of the noun “threat” as “a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc.” A verbal threat may indicate a physical conflict on the rise due to a clash in conviction, a dramatic debacle, or an inherited hate. Often, for the warned victim, these verbal threats translate to […]

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A Creative Space for You

It’s a quiet place in the corner of the house where the natural light beams through the whole space. A wall of books gathers dust on the ancient history portion of the shelves while the bright jackets of every Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket, and C. S. Lewis novel still seem to glimmer after years of […]

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