Zionsville Times Sentinel

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  • moreland mug.JPG Train with your brain

    Smell that spring air? Feel that warm sun? Getting that urge to fire up your exercise again? Me too! Yup, it’s about that time when the weather transitions out of the doldrums of winter and sparks the desire to get outside and get active.

    April 17, 2013 1 Photo

  • worrell mug.jpg Parents can help make sports fun

    Cheers ringing across the park signal spring sports have begun. As children play their favorite sports, parents can do a few things to help make the season shine.

    April 17, 2013 1 Photo

  • RodriguezAmy.jpg Fuzzy slippers and flannel pants

    I was talking with a friend last week about people wearing pajamas in public. Her high school actually banned jammie pants from their dress code. The closest our local high school came to that was banning fuzzy house slippers.

    April 10, 2013 1 Photo

  • jenkins, lynn NEW PHOTO.jpg Shopping local and CSAs are like money in the bank

    I often talk (maybe even rant a bit) about shopping local. It bears repeating because a few folks get confused by the term “local.” Some may think it means going to the nearby big box store on Michigan Road instead of traveling to the one in Carmel. Or eating at the fast food restaurant near Boone Village rather than the drive-through at Anson (or vice-versa depending on where you reside).

    April 10, 2013 1 Photo

  • worrell mug.jpg Keep kids safe while outdoors

    Despite the ongoing cold, spring is coming. Soon, our children will break out the bikes, the basketball or the hiking shoes to spend more time outdoors. After a winter locked inside, parents need to refocus on outdoor safety and remind children of basic precautions.

    April 3, 2013 1 Photo

  • RodriguezAmy.jpg Author: Well, glue me down

    A random memory last week took me back to the early 1970s and my mother’s obsession with decoupage.

    April 3, 2013 1 Photo

  • RodriguezAmy.jpg The heart wants what it wants

    Each week I wander through life and try to decide what to share in this column. I occasionally get a big bunch of nothing. Other times news items fly at me screaming, “I am a story! Write me!”

    March 27, 2013 1 Photo

  • Rodriguez, Amy.JPG Steered in the wrong direction

    A Belgian woman made international news last week for driving 900 miles away from her home while trying to pick up a friend from the train station, which was only 38 miles away.

    January 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • worrell mug.jpg Play dates have many benefits

    Play dates are a staple of childhood and a salvation for moms or dads seeking adult conversation.

    January 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • moreland mug.JPG It’s time to get rid of those holiday leftovers


    Ahhh, that was fun. The holidays are over, they were great, and the New Year is here.

    January 23, 2013 1 Photo