Opinion

So many positive things in Carmel

By ADAM AASEN Carmel City Councilor Decades ago, Carmel was a bedroom community. It was a very nice city with top-notch schools but it was a place where people lived…


When courage looks different

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart This week, courage took on an entirely different look. The greatest of all time in gymnastics took a step back. It was the…


It’s just a thing

By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched My son Jonathon, his friend Ayden, and I spent the day at one of my happy places last Saturday – Lake of the Woods in Bremen,…





War of the sunflowers

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart The line has been crossed. The battle is on. I see him sitting outside my window. He’s staring at me, perched atop the…



Please steal this idea!

By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched On New Year’s Day in 2020, I was relaxing and thinking about how I’d like to celebrate turning 50 in August. Not even dreaming of what…