February 2, 2023 Mulligan Stew: May the odds be with you With the huge Powerball jackpots these days, almost everyone is making a list of “Things More Likely to Happen than Winning the Lottery.” The…
January 6, 2023 Aunt Betty knew a bargain and a beautiful light I attended the best funeral EVER yesterday, in Huntingburg, Indiana. Typically, it’s insensitive to talk about a loved one’s funeral, but this is an…
September 6, 2022 A lot of heroes saved a disheartened kid on this afternoon On Oct. 10, 2021, a Sunday afternoon, a nice-looking, young man walked into the Bell-Mart B.P gas station in Bremen where I was working…
July 20, 2022 Mulligan Stew: Aunt Betty survives one crime only to face an even steeper challenge Sometimes, innocent people become victims of the not-so-innocent. If they survive, victims always say they learned a lot about life during their moments of…
March 14, 2022 Mulligan Stew: No fooling, genealogists are giddy about this upcoming day This year, April Fool’s Day is no joke. There are two monumental events happening in my life. First of all, my bonus son, Rick, turns…
February 22, 2022 Mulligan Stew: 17 aunts and uncles taught me everything one needs to know — and I miss them Today, my dad’s last surviving sibling, Unkajerry (as he spelled it), died. My parents, Don and Barbara Mullen, are still living near Bloomington. Not…
January 29, 2022 Mulligan Stew: How I Know Jeff Pelley is Guilty of “The Prom Night Murders” OK, I will no longer wait for someone to ask me how I was involved in solving the “Prom Night” murders. Jeff Pelley was…
January 1, 2022 Mulligan Stew: Here’s some lessons I learned in 2021 Instead of looking forward to the new year, let’s reflect for a moment on 2021. What did you learn this past year? Here are…
December 16, 2021 Mulligan Stew: Undies and gloves are headed to Bremen, Kentucky Sometimes, as they say, the stars align and everything seems to fall into place. When the folks at the Southwire East Insulating factory in…
