Week 13: Magic Mud

Good morning baseball fans. It’s the day you’ve been waiting for. America’s National Pastime has returned! Hope is springing, bats are swinging, lots of really bad singers are singing. And a nation turns its lonely eyes to…New Jersey!! (What’s that, you say? Jersey’s got nothing to do with baseball! There…
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Week 12: Slaying the Dragon

Jimmy Carter has gone into hospice care in Georgia. But he’s hoping to win one last battle before his time runs out. Back in 1982, when he had finished his one term as President, he established the Carter Center, with a focus on promoting peace and health in 80 of…
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Week 11: Snake Patrick

Some things we know to be true. Such as the fact that 10,000 years ago, most of Europe was buried under ice. 6,500 years ago, the ice retreated, leaving a land bridge that connected England to the continent. Numerous animals migrated across it, including three kinds of snakes: the poisonous…
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Week 10: Hoosier Time

As we begin Daylight Savings, we’ve got to ask, “Hey Indiana, what time is it?” In 1916, facing energy shortages during World War 1, Germany decided to set their clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, to get more sunlight into the work day. The rest of Europe…
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Week 9: The Volery

This past week in Joisey, all the early signs of spring were on full display. There was a light snowfall, our first of the season. Followed by a little ice storm that turned everything crystal white for about half a day before the temperature went to 50 and everything melted.…
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