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(Photo by Steve C. Mitchell)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/headshot.jpgheadshotAlways write.2024-06-06T03:45:12+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesfigy.com/blog/home-2/services/2024-06-06T03:33:28+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesfigy.com/contact/2024-06-01T04:48:23+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesfigy.com/other-words/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0864.jpgIMG_0864Quebec, 2014. Lesson: look at the world in new ways. 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Shot 2019-10-05 at 8.48.48 PMhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-05-at-7.37.52-pm.pngHenry the rabbit in a moviehttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0133-e1570325914625.jpgIMG_0133https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bunnies-2.jpgbunnies-22019-10-07T03:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2018/04/27/what-this-karaoke-song-is-really-saying/2018-04-27T16:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2018/03/14/5-tips-for-surviving-creative-writing-workshops/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_3873.jpgCreative-writing-workshop-feedback2018-07-08T12:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2018/02/16/17-thoughts-prayers/2018-03-12T21:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2018/01/26/i-have-been-spoiled/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4378.jpgIMG_4378https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4139.jpgIMG_4139https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_9650.jpgIMG_9650View of Steph, from the pawffice.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4380.jpgIMG_4380My coworkers.2018-01-26T23:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2017/05/31/learning-to-fail-better/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/giphy.gifgiphy2017-05-31T18:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2016/12/28/16-things-that-didnt-suck-about-my-2016/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2877.jpgimg_2877My first teacher mug, a gift from the director of composition.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2757.jpgimg_2757https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2612.jpgimg_2612https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/blind-pilot-cover-art_sq-849a7a0e2d3debce76d65026091c30b494a0f646-s300-c85.jpegblind-pilot-cover-art_sq-849a7a0e2d3debce76d65026091c30b494a0f646-s300-c85https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0378.jpgimg_0378https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/strangerthingsthumbjpg-6ab191_1280w.jpgstrangerthingsthumbjpg-6ab191_1280whttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/indepence-day.jpgindepence-dayhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/stephanie-in-duluth-1.jpegstephanie-in-duluth-1https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3174.jpgimg_31742016-12-28T21:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2016/12/10/the-buddha-and-my-first-last-day-of-teaching/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-10-at-11-14-02-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-10-at-11-14-02-am2016-12-10T18:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2016/09/02/my-essay-on-remodeling/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bjb_fb-cover-1.jpgBJB_FB-cover 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baby Harper and her with Henry (for scale).https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bunnies-6.jpgbunnies-6Henry and Harper, working it.2016-03-11T18:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2016/02/29/minneopa-bison/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bison-3.jpgbison-3https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bison-1.jpgbison-12016-02-29T20:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/12/31/2015-in-review/2015-12-31T17:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/12/24/a-very-figy-christmas/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/christmas-pump.jpgchristmas-pump2015-12-24T19:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/12/10/salmas-point-of-view/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salma-1.jpgSalma-1Minnesota State University student Salma Abdelhamid saw snow for the first time in 2014. 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(Photo by Ben Zhang)2015-05-04T12:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/05/01/the-great-vanagon-adventure-pt-i/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vw-vanagon.jpgVW Vanagon2015-05-01T13:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/04/27/meth-lab-house-still-haunts-family/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed.jpgunnamedChris and Jenny Nugent and their three children want a fresh start at their rental house in Plainfield. Family members, friends, and strangers gave them everything but their mattresses as it was lost to meth contamination in their old house. (Photo by James Figy)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/picmonkey-collage.jpgNugents meth lab houseChris Nugent tours his former dream house, showing off his last remodeling project (the banister) and pointing out fixtures removed during decontamination. (Photos by James Figy)2015-04-28T13:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/03/30/my-lebron-james-style-announcement/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minnesota_state_university_mankato_online_masters_degree_communications.jpgMinnesota_State_University_Mankato_Online_Masters_Degree_CommunicationsThe campus has about three times more students than my alma mater. Photo via bestvalueschools.com.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20090204_msmuflag_33.jpgMinnesota State University, Mankatohttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/savethedate4.jpgsavethedate42015-03-31T01:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/03/26/shut-up-and-write/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img022.jpgIMG022The writer on vacation in Maine. Whenever we're together, I'm known as "the other Jim Figy."https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_519830103457560.jpegIMG_519830103457560This aerial photo of the Figy Poultry Farm in Wauseon, Ohio, was taken in the early Sixties, I believe.2015-03-29T13:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/03/12/one-week-with-glasses/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/new-glasses.jpegnew-glasseshttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11050709_10153228635465649_3129774404830912259_n.jpgglassesMy writerly glasses that I take off in order to write. It's like how skiers go down the slope in their socks.2015-03-12T01:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/03/01/put-me-in-coach/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/in-the-basketball-game.jpgin the basketball game2015-03-01T02:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/02/11/longtime-coming-vonnegut-documentary-needs-support/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10989121_791204830969246_134066274495323791_n.jpg10989121_791204830969246_134066274495323791_n(Courtesy of Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time)2015-02-11T17:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/02/09/holy-cross-stories-pt-2-society-of-salvagerewired-antiques/2015-02-08T19:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/02/08/holy-cross-stories-pt-1-flat12-bierwerks/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ind_fea_neighborhood_holycross_43.jpgind_fea_neighborhood_holycross_43(Photo courtesy of Angie's List)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/photo-37.jpgphoto-37The Highland Park hill with the Holy Cross bell tower in the background.2015-02-08T18:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/02/03/from-player-piano-by-kurt-vonnegut-jr/2015-02-03T00:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/01/31/how-i-became-a-morning-person/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cat-writers.jpgcat writers"The cat is the best anarchist.” -Ernest Hemingway2015-01-31T16:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2015/01/27/review-the-decemberists-what-a-terrible-world-what-a-beautiful-world/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cover.jpgCover2015-01-30T02:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/30/the-word-of-2014-work/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/books.jpgbooksI got plenty of books to read for Christmas. I should've asked for time to read them, as well.2014-12-30T17:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/30/2014-in-review/2014-12-30T02:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/28/reshaping-the-world-in-finite-pieces/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-28-at-1-50-01-am.pngaccepted/rejected storiesRejection is a huge part of publication—so I've been told.2014-12-28T16:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/25/745/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1670.jpgMount Evans, ColoradoNear the summit of Mt. Evans in Colorado.2014-12-25T13:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/25/an-historic-hermcoming/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1127.jpgIMG_1127https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hermy.jpgHermyHe used to always lie in my hoods, or on my shoulders, before he got too big.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0095.jpgIMG_00952014-12-25T01:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/23/foo-fighters-visit-logansport-well-stranger-things-have-happened/2014-12-23T17:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/20/stephen-colbert-the-difference-maker/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1505352_10152592028816939_4013106463252226230_n.jpgColbert Report finale(via The Colbert Report facebook)2014-12-20T20:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/20/insert-theme-music-here/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fjixu.gifrecord playerhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-20-at-12-36-34-pm.pngScreen shot 2014-12-20 at 12.36.34 PMhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-20-at-12-35-42-pm.pngScreen shot 2014-12-20 at 12.35.42 PM2014-12-20T19:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/18/the-things-i-carried/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/post-cards.jpgpost cards2014-12-18T04:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/16/four-by-four/2014-12-16T03:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/14/dont-say-goodbye-a-tale-a-toast/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chat.jpgchatFace-timing from Shaoxing to Indianapolis.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/brown_county.jpgbrown_countyBefore Ben went home last the summer, we hiked in Brown County.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-5.jpgBenBen (right) is a very friendly guy. Here he is chatting with The Lumineers' Stelth Ulvang (left).https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ben.jpgbenhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-2.jpgphoto 22014-12-14T20:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/12/hello-i-am-an-old-friend/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/convention.jpgconventionMe and Willi, so close nothing could some between us. Except John, Josh, and Bob.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/willi.jpgwilli2014-12-12T06:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/10/why-im-excited-about-2015/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9085.jpgIMG_90852014-12-10T04:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/08/tied-for-third/2014-12-08T13:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/06/part-of-me-is-construction/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/framing.jpgframingFraming an addition in Meridian-Kessler.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/303505_10150369640090649_199934_n.jpgconstructionHanging cabinets in my parents' kitchen with my dad and brothers.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/540608_417140564965327_52861637_n.jpgconstructionMy dad puts me to work on the house I grew up in, circa 1989.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/197025_1771480200783_3846730_n.jpg197025_1771480200783_3846730_n2014-12-06T01:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/05/talking-about-writing-characters-people/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b3afzsncyae0joc.jpgreadingStudents from that intro class invited me to read in November. I read my new short story: http://bit.ly/1I5ymaThttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/typewriter.jpgtypewriter2014-12-05T04:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/05/grass-mud-horse-and-other-words-you-shouldnt-say-in-public/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/llama.jpgllamahttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1009942_817222545018626_1680522206113782481_n.jpg1009942_817222545018626_1680522206113782481_nStephanie, Ben, and I pick out pumpkins at Appleworks.2014-12-05T02:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/04/flip-the-script-vegan-fish/2014-12-04T00:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/12/02/a-thousand-words/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1595.jpgIMG_1595https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1649.jpgIMG_1649https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0923.jpgIMG_0923https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8924.jpgIMG_8924https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2555.jpgIMG_25552023-10-30T06:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/11/21/before-lunch-we-deconstruct-a-chimney-questioning/2014-11-21T13:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/11/09/why-billy-collins-told-me-to-eff-off/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-36.jpgAimless Love by Billy Collins.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2321.jpgIMG_2321Poet Billy Collins.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2319.jpgIMG_2319Billy Collins reads in Clowes Auditorium at Central Library (not Butler University) in Indianapolis.2014-11-09T16:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/11/07/hello-pasta-my-old-friend/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cartoon.jpgcartoon2014-11-07T02:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/11/02/places-that-haunt-me/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/uewb_04_img0236.jpguewb_04_img0236Young Emily Dickinson and her family, during financial hardship, moved briefly out of the Homestead into a home that overlooked a graveyard.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Mass.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-21.jpgphoto 2https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Austin Dickinson's home (called The Evergreens) next door to Emily's.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/emily_dickinson_daguerreotype.jpgEmily_Dickinson_daguerreotype2014-11-02T18:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/10/23/this-just-in-neil-degrasse-tyson-at-uindy/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_9918.jpgIMG_9918Cosmos host and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why "The universe is trying to kill you." (Photo courtesy of Ben Zefeng Zhang)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_9898.jpgIMG_9898Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about being in a Superman comic. When he asked the artist to take a few pounds off, the man responded, "Dr. Tyson, this is the world of the comics: everyone is beautiful." (Photo by Ben Zefeng Zhang, who had the best seat in the house)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_9836.jpgIMG_9836https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_17231.jpgIMG_1723I sat in the cheap seats. Or as Dr. Tyson said it, "You guys got in line too late." (Photo by James Figy)2014-10-24T23:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/10/07/zak-mitiche-american-muslim/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/03_james_04212014.jpg03_James_04212014Zak does a Wudu bath five times every day.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/06_james_04162014.jpg06_James_04162014https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/07_james_04162014.jpg07_James_04162014https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/09_james_04182014.jpg09_James_04182014The Al-Taqwa Worship Center on Indy's Southside fills up right as services start every Friday. Most adherents come from work on break.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/11_james_04182014.jpg11_James_04182014https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10_james_04212014.jpg10_James_04212014https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/02_james_04212014.jpg02_James_04212014https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/01_james_04212014.jpg01_James_042120142014-10-19T03:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/10/05/for-grandma-and-grandpa-figy-on-their-anniversary/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10446260_833956669967998_1877295776805018767_o.jpggrandma and grandpa figyhttps://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img015.jpgIMG0152014-10-19T03:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/08/05/deus-ex-machina/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0904.jpgIMG_0904Île d'Orléans, Quebec, 2014. (Photo by James Figy)2014-10-18T20:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/10/18/boudu-before-being-sauve-des-eaux/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/boudu-cinematography2.pngBoudu-Cinematography22014-10-18T20:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/09/26/colorado-and-the-apocalypse-for-the-allens/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-34.jpgphoto-34The Dog Stars, with some survival guides and literature.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1692.jpgIMG_1692The view from the top of Yankee Hill, halfway through our off-roading trip.2014-09-26T03:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/09/17/5-questions-with-lumineers-pianist-stelth-ulvang/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/304992_146944482128941_1748450741_n.jpg304992_146944482128941_1748450741_nImage courtesy of Stelth Ulvang.2014-09-17T00:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/09/11/i-couldve-been-jim-halpert-an-essay-about-specialness/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/zebra-days-003.jpgDenim jacketDenim—the new, crappy look of success.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/zebra-days-005.jpgDenim Jacket2Thumbs up. Classic confidence builder.2014-09-11T12:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/30/janet-drive-a-prose-poem/2014-08-24T13:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/08/23/the-lay-of-gus-the-dog-pt-i/2014-08-22T03:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/08/07/santiago-atitlan-guatemala-2005/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1916304_455210020648_419885_n.jpg1916304_455210020648_419885_nEl Hospitalito.2014-08-05T02:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/08/03/pemaquid-point-maine-2013/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-31.jpgphoto-31https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-30.jpgphoto-30https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-29.jpgphoto-29The fresnel lens at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.2014-08-03T13:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/07/27/how-we-got-engaged/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ring.jpgRingI somehow concluded that Stephanie's ring finger is the same size as my pinky. Well, it worked. I believe that's why they call it science.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/4.jpg4https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1726.jpgIMG_1726Here we are in Tintagel, England, on a spring term trip led by a favorite professor.https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1.jpg1I'm not the most orthodox guy, but some things you just have to do right. You can't go wrong with the classics.2014-08-07T19:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/07/05/o-say-can-you-see/2014-07-05T23:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/06/26/388/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dog-fountain.jpgdog-fountainA chien québécois quenches his thirst in the Fontaine de Tourny in front of the Parlaiment building in Québec City.2014-06-26T22:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/06/24/what-i-learned-from-writing-about-sports/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/01_game2.jpgBloomington South pitcher Olivia White winds up during the Semi-State championship game against New Castle on June 7 at Center Grove High School. (James Figy/for The Herald Times)https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1.jpg1The Monrovia Bulldogs show off their sectional trophy after defeating Cascade on May 29. Monrovia pulled off a 2-1 victory due to a strong defense and two runs early on. (James Figy/The Reporter-Times)2014-06-24T04:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/26/the-bees-knees/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/honeybee_correspondent.jpghoneybee_correspondentMatt and Tiffany show me how a Top Bar hive works. In it, the bees hang their comb from little slats on the ceiling, rather than in frames like the traditional Langstroth hives. Top Bar hives are supposed to be more natural, and they were created by missionaries for use in developing countries.2014-05-26T15:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/20/the-sporting-life/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3.jpg3A Mooresville tennis player talks to the head coach during the Mooresville Invitational. (James Figy/The Reporter-Times)2014-05-20T20:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/21/from-the-400-pound-ceo/2014-05-18T17:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/18/lara-parker-buzzfeed-staff-lister-extraordinaire/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lara.jpglaraIndian Creek graduate Lara Parker is shown at the Los Angeles office of the popular website BuzzFeed. Parker worked at BuzzFeed as an intern and now has a job as a staff writer for the company. (Courtesy Photo)2014-05-18T16:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/13/somebody-elses-problem/2014-05-13T21:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/05/graduation/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0082.jpgIMG_0082https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2820.jpgIMG_2820Thank you, Ben Zefeng Zhang for this photo. You're twice as fine a friend as you are a photographer.2014-05-05T15:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/05/04/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/2014-05-05T13:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/27/essay-advice-from-franz-kafka/2014-04-27T17:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/21/293/2014-04-21T17:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/17/nikki-giovanni-on-kurt-vonnegut-and-antarctica/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/giovanni.jpgNikki GiovanniNikki Giovanni spoke about everything from diversity, the Civil Rights movement and Emmet Till to Kurt Vonnegut, alcohol and Antarctica on Feb. 5 at UIndy. (Photo credit goes to Ayla Wilder)2014-04-20T21:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/20/martinsville-baseball-team-evens-out-its-record/2014-04-20T21:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/18/robert-neal-actor-and-professor/2014-04-18T12:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/16/yes-uindy-grads-are-competitive-in-the-job-market/2014-04-16T18:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/25/essential-tremor-awareness-month/2014-04-13T14:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/26/lugar-and-nunn-speak-at-uindy/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/steve-inskeep.jpgSteve-InskeepSteve Inskeep, host of NPR's Morning Edition, shows a video highlighting the senators' careers and explaining the milieu in which they served. (Photo by James Figy)2014-04-13T14:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/11/that-time-i-visited-emily-dickinsons-house/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/emily_dickinson.jpgemily_dickinsonThe Emily Dickinson house is located in Amherst, Mass., where the poet spent almost all of her life.2014-04-17T12:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/10/le-cafe-francais/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1875.jpgIMG_18752014-04-13T14:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/05/wild-indiana-3/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2634.jpgIMG_26342014-04-05T22:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/04/american-grace/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cats.jpgcatsFelines are a key component of my writing process.2014-04-04T12:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/07/your-friendly-neighborhood-uncle-sam/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/02_james_03252014.jpg02_James_03252014Anthony Roberts is a seasonal worker for Liberty Income Tax Services on the corner of Madison and Edgewood avenues. He waves and paces around in the intermittent snow on March 25. (James Figy)2014-04-03T01:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/03/uindy-baseball/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1312.jpgIMG_1312Freshman pitcher Jordan Tackett throws a pitch against the Truman State University Bulldogs on March 22. (James Figy/The Reflector)2014-04-02T23:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/04/02/what-happens-to-our-old-computers/2014-04-02T20:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/15/from-at-home-by-christina-rossetti/2014-03-15T20:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/11/uindy-administrator-receives-big-award/2014-03-11T19:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/12/the-brain-drain-is-statewide/2014-03-11T19:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2014/03/11/gorilla-at-the-lincoln-park-zoo/2014-03-11T18:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2013/10/27/you-were-never/2013-10-27T17:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2013/10/12/fairbanks-symposium/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-27.jpgThe Great Debate(From left) Joshua Landis, Robert Zarate, Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, Former Sen. Richard Lugar and Doug Bandow talked about Syria for 90 minutes at UIndy. Talk about exhausting.2013-10-12T20:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2013/10/12/on-going-to-the-library-quite-often/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-25.jpgWinesburg, Ohio collectionI think that there's another copy floating around in this apartment. It's the one that I gave to my girlfriend before we started going out.2013-10-12T20:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2013/10/12/uindy-alumni-perform-in-local-theatre/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-26.jpg"The Raft of Medusa" Q & AHere's someone's head at the Q & A after the play.2013-10-12T20:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesfigy.com/2013/07/28/wise-up-ghost-is-a-specter-to-behold/https://jamesfigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-24.jpgphoto-24These two together? 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