Author: maryanncrum

            I was driving by the Civic Center baseball complex recently and a wave of nostalgia rolled over me as I thought about all the hours I spent parked on those bleachers when my boys played youth baseball.             Baseball season offered abundant opportunities for people-watchers like me to observe folks from all points on… Continue reading The Legend of Petey Lives On

            If aliens ever abduct me and scan my body to study humanoid anatomy, they’re gonna scratch their little green heads in wonder. I’m a confusing specimen, for sure. Once again in “recovery mode” from surgery, I’m beginning to feel like I’m held together with baling wire and duct tape. But like those banged-up World… Continue reading We’re All Missing Some Pieces

If you don’t regularly read the newspaper, you don’t know what you might be missing. I recently read an article about a man who did something so bizarre, it still has me shaking my head. It seems this guy in Texas wanted to begin his own record company. He needed some funds to finance his… Continue reading Take it to the Bank: God’s Way is Better

        We’ve lived in Greenwood now for nearly 30 years and I truly love this place. But one thing that has always baffled me about our town is the way the names of streets often randomly change for no apparent reason.             One minute you’re driving down Cambridge Avenue, and then it becomes Cambridge Extension… Continue reading One Way, One Name

Ever get a song stuck in your head? Boy howdy, I sure do. In fact, I have about 45 years of songs stuck in my head, taking up “disk space” I can ill afford to spare. Some days, nearly every word I hear and situation I encounter reminds me of a song. Like an old… Continue reading God’s Playlist is Better Than Mine

        Just when you think you know all there is to know about your spouse, out pops some surprising, random bit of personal trivia. Recently, my husband casually confessed that as a child, he occasionally ate paste at school. I forget how it came up–conversations with me frequently devolve into the bizarre – but… Continue reading Prejudices Can Be Silly and Deep

People who act really happy for no apparent reason make me curious … okay, I confess, maybe even suspicious.             One recent morning, I was driving someplace rather early and saw a guy literally dancing down the sidewalk along a busy street. Headphones planted in his ears, this fellow was skipping, twirling, and boogeying to… Continue reading I Hope You Dance

Life, interrupted. Sometimes you don’t realize how steady the treadmill of your life is plodding along until someone, or something, pulls the plug on it.             My treadmill drastically changed pace recently when my husband and I went to be with my parents as my father had major surgery in Indianapolis.             For several days,… Continue reading Life, Interrupted, is Full of Lessons

We’re now receiving a satellite T.V. network called The Tennis Channel, which is wonderfully entertaining for tennis crazies like me. But I’ve discovered that the dark side of these small, specialized satellite networks is that they air lots of cheesy commercials that border on torturous.             So, mixed in with great tennis action, I’m forced… Continue reading But WAIT — There’s MORE!

            You’re busted, Winston.             We recently discovered that our dog, Winston, stealthily crept into our guest bedroom in the dead of night to lounge on the bed. Winston has known the rules since he was a wee pup – all furniture is off limits — and has rarely crossed the line in our presence.… Continue reading What Do We Do When Nobody’s Looking?