Reflections on “Soylent Green” and our future
By SHARON McMAHON Be Well “The ocean’s dying! Plankton’s dying! It’s people – Soylent Green is made out of people! They’re making our food out of people! Next thing they’ll…
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“Paper Moon” and other movies with Mom
By SCOTT SAALMAN Scaramouch We didn’t finish Paper Moon. We started watching it last fall at my childhood home where I first saw the Peter Bogdanovich masterwork on TV as…
Filling in the blanks
By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched I finally got to see my mama Wednesday morning! With my husband and I both having COVID-19 in January, it had been a month since I’d…
To jerk a knot
By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart “I just want to jerk a knot in someone’s tail.” Oh, my goodness. Whenever I heard my mother say that she wanted to…
The feelings music can cause
By EMMA ALEXANDER Sheridan High School Student The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade English class, taught by Abby Williams. As I sat…
Noblesville’s 9th Street Bistro offers culinary variety on ‘global’ menu
By JOHN & STACI GEIGER Food & Dining Reviews for Everyone The story behind the 9th Street Bistro, 56 S. 9th St., Noblesville, and its changing menu attracted us to…
What should you do with a tax refund?
By COREY SYLVESTER Cicero Edward Jones Are you expecting a tax refund this year? If so, what will you do with it? Of course, the answer largely depends on the…
How I Broke This ‘podcast’ … Episode 1 … Slaw Shack’s demise
By SCOTT SAALMAN Scaramouch PODCAST COLD OPEN: I’m Guy Razz, host of this original new podcast, “How I Broke This.” Not to be confused with that other podcast by that…
Indiana Donor Network increases number of organ transplants by 43% since 2019
By KELLY TREMAIN Guest Columnist Looking back at 2021, I can’t help but reflect on where Indiana Donor Network has been, where we are now and where we’re going. When…
Food is medicine
By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates I started out 2022 with a New Year’s Day brunch with Our Gang,…