Search the universe and find these ingredients -- A dazzling smile, brilliant gleaming blue eyes, curly shimmering blonde hair, boundless energy, an inquisitive mind, a singer extraordinaire, -- mix them and you have Audrey our only grandchild. Enjoy reading about our Preemie and her struggle to live in "Audrey Flies Kosair"; my warnings of "Payback Time"; celebrate "Toofies"; roll your eyes in "You think You Have it Bad Why Back in My Day"; the current practice of "Baby Proofing" the house. Recall how it feels to hold a two-year old in "A Buffalo Wallowed On Me"; how Audrey travels "The Road...

This book is the result of wandering the highways and byways of Indiana and exploring the history and mystery of the state. It is a collection of stories about Hoosiers that may be amusing, surprising, filled with intrigue, educational, and revelations of little-known facts about people. It is about Hoosier lives cut from many bolts of fabric that have been pieced into the quilt called the state of Indiana.

You will read how a chance encounter on a train caused one man to write one of the most popular and memorable books of all time along with the fascinating story about an...