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    Nature's shelving at the Tippecanoe Battlefield Bi-Centennial   There were lots of great shots of trees in all their splendor at the Battle of Tippecanoe Bi-Centennial over the weekend.  This tree on the east bank of Burnett's Creek caught my eye amid the beautiful red foliage. Oh course if y...

    BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE (1811-2011) Bi-Centennial is this weekend in Battle Ground, Indiana.   YEP!  This IS the place that you read about in your history lesson: Tippecanoe and Tyler too     The BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, November 7, 1811, is viewed by many historians as the opening battle of the WA...

      Burnett's Creek turns red at the Battle of Tippecanoe battlefield historical site in Battle Ground, Indiana.                                    Fall day at the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park in Battle Ground, Indiana.    This is the site of The Battle of Tippecanoe where native American forces...

                     ABSENCE OF MEMORIES I have absolutely no memories of my kindergarten experience at Helen Muraski School in Strongsville, Ohio other than PLAYING DODGEBALL IN THE GYMNASIUM!  I just happened to be the champion!  No doubt it was an harbinger of things to come in developing a st...

    Foreclosure houses for sale in Lafayette, Indiana; it was a                               THREE DOG NIGHT DAY!      I wonder if the lyrics for Family of Man would have turned out differently if some of the band members of Three Dog Night were selling real esate: This short sale home was someb...

  You'll never guess who has signed my OPEN HOUSE guest register this spring:  Barak Obama!  Sarah Palin!  Arnold Schwarzenegger!  Michelle Obama!   I like to grab the attention of the individuals coming to view my open houses! I tell them  three or four important features of the home I want them...

            PURDUE UNIVERSITY:  BEERING HALL  Beering Hall is located on the central campus at Purdue University and is home to the liberal arts progam at Purdue.   Future teachers know this building quite well as they have spent many hours taking Education classes to prepare them for a future ca...

You don't have to be THE Champion to be a winner! It was a week ago (AND A YEAR AGO) that I watched the Butler Bulldogs come agonizingly close to winning  the NCAA men's national basketball championship, only to have traditional powers Duke and UConn prevail.  UConn is a deserving champion as th...

If you can handle large doses of humor proceed at your own risk to visit Gwen.  If you are a driven individual like a great white shark(wait Bruce that wasn't one of the Serengeti animals!!!)and you expect squid quid pro quo in response to your comment-get over it!  When one is entertaining the ...

As a former high school assistant football coach for 17 years, New Year's Day has always been associated with football.  As an avid Oklahoma fan during the Switzer era I can fondly remember many a New Year's night glued to the TV watching my beloved Sooners in the Orange Bowl!  I even saw OU win ...