Dear Class of 2015, You’ve graduated, I see—literally, since the photos are everywhere. So I wanted to say, “Congratulations! Way to go!” You’ve just marked a major milestone, one you’ll not regret even when the student loan bills begin to arrive. Believe me, I know. After all, I graduated once, too, all the way in … Continue reading Letter to my new #uindygrad friends
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The snow, a tall patch, unplowed, stood straight ahead on the highway. No time to brake. Two hours east of Boise, it was too late, and I was too tired to think. I pushed in the clutch, held the wheel straight, let the van hit. It all started to spin, and soon van’s rear end … Continue reading The Great Vanagon Adventure, pt. I
Note: This article appeared in the April 26, 2015 issue of The Reporter-Times and has been republished with permission. By James Figy | Correspondent MOORESVILLE — After 60 showings, Chris and Jenny Nugent finally found a buyer for their former dream home. It comes with 2.5 acres on the outskirts of Mooresville, just inside the Monrovia … Continue reading Meth lab house still haunts family
I have some big news to share. At least, it’s big to me. It seems that every year the news gets bigger, and life gets harder yet better as I get older. Faster than you or I or anyone can keep up with, life moves on. And it doesn’t stop. Thinking back a mere five … Continue reading My Lebron James-style announcement
Or, how my octogenarian grandfather taught me something thousands of tuition dollars didn't So I’ve been moping around, trying to write this and that, and complaining about having no time. I am a busy guy. Hand on the Bible. I’m working two jobs, planning a wedding, trying to be a good fiancé, sibling, friend, literary … Continue reading Shut up and write
A bespectacled retrospective Oh God, I thought, sitting on eye doctor’s the rolling chair, I’m more blind than I thought. The soft voiced assistant, a portly older man, had given me one task: Stare at the green light with my right eye. But I couldn’t even find it, so I moved my head around the … Continue reading One week with glasses
I got a little too close to the action Friday night while on assignment for the Mooresville-Decatur Times. I'd just moved to this spot when... well, you know what's about to happen right after the shutter closed.
The authorized biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. needs your help. The film, which has been thirty-some years in the making, launched a KickStarter campaign Tuesday to crowd-fund $250,000 to finish Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. Filmmaker extraordinaire Robert Weide was only twenty-two when he met Kurt, then sixty, in 1982. Yet the two struck up … Continue reading Longtime coming Vonnegut documentary needs support
When I wrote my profile of Holy Cross, I had to cut down to the essentials to capture the neighborhood as a whole. So, while I want folks to read my article (Click here: Holy Cross Neighborhood in Downtown Indy Resurges with New Homes, Businesses) I’d also like to share these stories. Society of Salvage + … Continue reading Holy Cross stories, pt. 2: Society of Salvage+Rewired Antiques
From the pinnacle of Highland Park you can see a lot. It’s the second highest point in Indianapolis, so Chase Tower and the downtown skyline are highly visible. But so are the 136-foot Holy Cross bell tower, a fence with three Rottweiler statues, a development of brand new $300,000 to $500,000 homes, a one-acre urban … Continue reading Holy Cross stories, pt. 1: Flat12 Bierwerks
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