Articles by Amy Shankland

Sandwiched I’m guessing that’s not a headline you see very often. But it describes what I’ll be doing this Sunday, November 10. On that date four years ago, a co-worker/friend…

Sandwiched My mom is way cooler than me. Well, at least in one area of life, and that is sports. If there were an award for Most Clueless Person in…

Sandwiched The text came at 11:15 last Friday morning. “Hi, Amy, do you think we can stop by and visit your mother today?” My heart jumped to see it was…

Sandwiched Halloween is less than two weeks away now. Soon ghosts, goblins and other assorted creatures will descend upon neighborhoods across the country. In recent years, trick or treating has…

Sandwiched It’s been about 2 ½ years since I became the owner of a 2007 Mini Cooper S. The “S”, of course, stands for “spectacular.” It was February of 2017….

Sandwiched It’s hard to believe that my column is approaching its one-year anniversary, all thanks to a huge shove from two persistent Noblesville ladies, Julie and Joan (pronounced JO-Ann.) For…

Sandwiched I never thought about what I wore growing up. I was fortunate to be in a typical Indiana middle-class family – well, sort of. My parents adopted me when…

Sandwiched By the time you read this, I’ll either be traveling to Boston via airplane or will have arrived to start an amazing weekend with a good friend. I’ll be…

Sandwiched One of the many things that impressed me soon after moving to Noblesville in August of 1998 was the high school’s Homecoming tradition. I grew up in Mishawaka, Ind.,…