Earlier this week I did research on John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence and president of Princeton University from 1768 to 1794 (Princeton was then called the College of New Jersey). Witherspoon was born in Scotland. After college, he became a Presbyterian minister. Richard ... View Post
A Duty to Serve
I have heard our friend David Tucker lead many prayers at our church. I don't remember a single time that he has not prayed for our soldiers around the world. The handsome young lieutenant below is David almost fifty years ago. When I asked him to talk about his service in Vietnam, I got a bonus ... View Post
Rick, Rick, and the Dulcimer Shop
As Ray and I explored downtown New Harmony last Thursday afternoon, we were intrigued by this business on the corner. Was it a theater perhaps? To our surprise, it was a dulcimer shop. We went inside and saw a wire art sculpture of a trumpet-playing New Harmony High School band member ... View Post
Can I get it all in by the time they are 18?
Bob Vollmer was 45 years old when he started to work for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Since then he has tramped around state property as a land surveyor. Now he is about to retire from a career that has lasted almost six decades. Bob Vollmer is 102. As he prepares to retire, ... View Post
Merry Christmas from Gainesboro
I got all misty watching the Gainesboro Christmas parade last Saturday night. My heart swelled with love and joy. I'm so grateful for our little town and these wonderful people. It was our best Christmas parade yet. We usually watch the parade on Hull Avenue, named for Secretary of State Cordell ... View Post
Remembering John James Audubon
John James Audubon died in 1851. In the late 1800s, George Bird Grinnell and others founded the Audubon Society to protect birds and their habitats. Audubon's wife Lucy had tutored Grinnell. Grinnell chose Audubon's name to inspire the organization. In 1898 a group in Henderson, Kentucky, founded ... View Post
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