Zionsville —
It’s time for holiday office parties again. I started working in the days before political correctness and the annual party was referred to as the office Christmas party. Times change, though, and I am completely happy to go along with the term holiday party. Then the thing became known as a year-end party. Still OK, but last week I was introduced to the year-end meeting. To fully understand my reaction, I must share a moment from my past.
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Commentary
December 12, 2012
The name is new, but it’s still a party
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Wonder if lion meat tastes just like chicken
I saw on one of the news sites I frequent that there is a restaurant in Florida serving lion meat. I wonder if it tastes like chicken?
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Feeding families on the fly
Running a schedule with kids this time of year is hard! Your family is pulled in multiple directions between sports, “end of school year” events, and your regular scheduled events.
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Assess summer child care options
As summer looms closer, parents face a perennial question, “Who will care for the children while we are at work?”
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Spring’s been slow to arrive
I found my first two tiny, gray sponge mushrooms Thursday, April 25. With relatively warmer weather over the weekend, this should be the prime week for the Central Indiana mushroom hunter.
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Frost-free is not worry free
Gardeners’ hearts are a-thumping. Central Indiana’s frost-free date is just around the corner.
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And the award goes to. . .
Mother’s Day is coming soon. As I always do this time of year, I use the day as kind of a debriefing session for the past year. What went well? What could have gone better? What are my goals as a mother for the coming year?
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Foundational work will turn your heart into a monster
Tell me if this story sounds familiar: You strap on your shoes and head out running, but before you are even a half mile down the road your heart is jumping out of your chest and it doesn’t come down until you back off to a super-slow walk that is embarrassing.
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Strong relationships grow through patience
Not many parenting challenges match the one to simply be patient. What is it about our children’s questions, slow pace or insistence on having an opinion that drives us to snap?
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There are so many reasons to celebrate
Today is the first day of May. This day is noteworthy because it is May Day, which you probably know. It is also the anniversary of the introduction of Cheerios by General Mills in 1941, which you may know. May 1 is also Fat Bear Day, which, unless you are my dad, you don’t know.
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‘Chemical Reaction’ poses safety questions
Most claim it all started in Levittown, N.Y. After World War II, there was an immediate need for homes for the millions of returning service men and women. William Levitt saw opportunity and quickly set up thousands of mass-produced, look-alike, cracker-box homes, side by side in what has become known as the subdivision.
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