Strange play in an even stranger restaurant
By DANIEL SHOCK A Seat on the Aisle I had exactly two black professors when I attended Indiana University in the early 1990s. Both women. Both had high expectations for…
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The art of eavesdropping
My name is Janet … and I’m an eavesdropper. The one question I get most is, “Janet, where do you get all the topics you write about?” After 18 years…
What the puck? Octopus-gate!
By ABBEY BROWN DOYLE Guest Columnist I’m doing my normal procrastinating from going to bed by mindlessly doomscrolling on the ‘Book, and I come upon a hockey video. I see…
The first will soon be the last for stoplights
Carmel may soon become the only U.S. city of 100,000 population without stop-and-go lights. Well, almost. There will remain a signalized intersection at Main Street and Range Line Road and…
The drug benefit that helps the few & hurts the many
Medicare beneficiaries across the nation felt deceived this January when they went to fill their first prescriptions of the new year. Prices were touted to go down. The media lavished…
Are we really always “fine” at work?
As we continue to examine how to be more joyful at work, I want to pause for a moment and discuss something fellow columnist Amy Shinneman brought up recently. It’s…
The kindness of a stranger
Have you ever been in a situation where you were unable to move or speak because you were so terrified? It is a horrific feeling, and one that can bring…
Also true
Here’s another story my mom told me. The mother was one of the most kind and gentle people I have ever met. The daughter was beautiful, a 4-H winner. When…
COVID cuts
March 2020. Just four short years ago. A time we’d all like to forget. It was the month that kicked off all the madness. Just not the type of March…
Carrying the what-ifs
Do you ever go running into the future while carrying the “what-ifs?” I am a runner. Before my friends start chanting, “Liar, liar, pants on fire,” let me explain. When…