After graduating from college, I moved into an old Victorian home near downtown Indianapolis. I had three roommates and enjoyed my new neighborhood. I would babysit some of the little kids on our block from time to time. A couple doors down, lived a hippy couple who had a towheaded toddler named Ruby. The husband was a sculptor and his wife, Allison, was in her early 20s like me. Allison carried most of our conversations with her bubbly, outgoing nature. One night she asked m

Fresh from graduating college, I moved into an old Victorian home with three roommates. Syd owned this amazing fixer-upper and like many people in this old Indianapolis neighborhood, he dreamed of updating his place and turning a profit someday. I really loved this place because Syd agreed to let me use the attic as my painting studio. The attic had little odd-shaped windows that provided some natural light and I could splatter my large canvases without worry of the mess I al