Archive for category: Views

/ May 15, 2012 4:00 am

Reserve your seats for Center gala now

Here’s a chance to start summer off on the right note or foot – or both! – before summer actually begins. The Center for the Performing Arts and its artistic director, Michael Feinstein, are at it again. An evening of elegance and history making is on the near horizon, and we’re excited to be able to support it. You may [...]

/ May 15, 2012 2:00 am

Another date with the dentist

Oh. My. Lord. I cannot believe I had to go back to the dentist! You may recall from an earlier article that I have an irrational fear of dentistry grounded in childhood trauma and a general lack of narcotics and was trying desperately to postpone an appointment to have two cavities filled. Inspired by the bravery of my 10-year-old son, [...]

/ May 15, 2012 2:00 am

When dentists make the news

And now, hold on to your hats because it’s time for … Dentists In The News! That might be the only time in history those four words have appeared together, in that order. Dentists tend not to make a lot of news. As a rule, they seem to be a fairly sedate group of professionals, at least compared to legislators, [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:29 am

Help keep Carmel clean

Dear editor, My husband and I made it our mission to pick up litter on Hazel Dell Parkwaywhen the time allows and one thing we find curious is the fact that most people do pick up after their dogs and place the waste in the appropriate bags. However, we often find the bags are thrown along the fence or placed [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:27 am

Stop complaints about Wilson

Editor, Ack! I can’t stay silent any longer! You received another complaint letter about Danielle Wilson’s column? Seriously? It is these complaint letters that will cause me to toss my next Current in Carmel in the trash. The holier-than-thou spirit that permeates these letters is the very attitude I worried existed in beautiful Carmel. Those readers nitpick on her pluck, wag on her swag – they’re a [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:25 am

Uncommon request

Why is it so often those who give the most require the least, even as those who rarely offer anything are abundant with needs? At a buddy’s birthday party, I caught up with a longtime friend that I’d not seen for ages. He’s the kind of human that falls into the selfless camp. He served us all in the first [...]

/ May 14, 2012 10:24 am

Buy local – visit a farmers market

It is our position that farmers markets serve as a valuable community resource by providing an outlet for Indiana farmers and growers to earn a living by giving residents easy access to locally produced fresh food. The organic food industry has taken the nation by storm, sending a strong message by consumers that they want healthier food choices. Some of [...]

/ May 6, 2012 8:50 am

Underwear musings

“Semper ubi sub ubi,” read the message scrawled in the back of my Latin book, a greeting from a bored sophomore long ago. “Always wear underwear.” Sound advice, if not sound Latin, and I have always taken it to heart. With very few exceptions (and none of your business what they are), I semper ubi my sub ubi. In fact, [...]

/ May 6, 2012 8:49 am

Mother’s Day list

Alright mommies, our day approach-eth! And because I’ve finally wised up to the fact that my family, though attractive and talented, are not mind readers, I’ve again prepared a “To-Do” list to help them orchestrate the perfect Mother’s Day. No more disappointment when they forget it’s my day, no more bad-mouthing my husband because he didn’t clean the dishes and [...]

/ May 6, 2012 8:48 am

Beating a point

Recently I found myself at the table when a particularly vociferous disagreement erupted between two thinking and engaged folks, each with their own particularly impassioned views on life and the body politic. As personal insults were exchanged, it reminded me of the only physical beating ever to take place on the floor of the U.S. Senate. In May of 1856, a [...]