I'm Happy Now: You Can Be, Too!

John Arthur was born in Illinois and moved to Indiana when he was two years old. His parents chose a small town east of Indianapolis that was the birthplace of James Whitcomb Riley.

Perhaps growing up in this historical town had an influence on John that inspired him to express his feelings in poetry. James Whitcomb Riley’s poems were often tales of ordinary events like the porch swing in “Waitin’ Fer the Cat to Die”, the young woman that helped around the house in “Little Orphant Annie” ...