Michiana Chronicles

20/09/2024

Brett McNeil introduces us to a new advice column: Chimpsplaining with Mo Grunts.

Brett McNeil introduces us to Mo Grunts.

06/09/2024

April Lidinsky recalls an unexpected meal that satisfied more than one kind of hunger.

30/08/2024

Ken Smith talks about becoming accountable.

Ken Smith talks about becoming accountable

23/08/2024

Paul McDowell finds community while wearing boxing gloves.

Paul McDowell finds community wearing boxing gloves.

16/08/2024

Sid Shroyer says a week of cool weather reminds us of changing seasons.

09/08/2024

Barbara Allison talks about arthritis and tattoos, and the stories they tell.

02/08/2024

Brett McNeil encounters some more interesting folks and their contentions.

26/07/2024

Heather Curlee Novak talks about fishing with her dad and cooking bluegill.

Heather Curlee Novak talks about fishing with her dad and bluegill.

19/07/2024

Ken Smith ponders the cost of going it alone.

12/07/2024

April Lidinsky meets a kindred spirit on a recent trip to Scotland.

April Lidinsky meets a kindred spirit in Scotland.

28/06/2024

Anne Magnan-Park says we Midwesterners should put a little more snug in our hugs.

Anne Magnan-Park remembers being held by her North Star of a godfather and suggests putting more snug in our Midwestern hugs.

21/06/2024

Sid Shroyer goes back to New Prairie as they win the state baseball championship.

Sid Shroyer goes back to school.

14/06/2024

Barbara Allison says jobs are transient; it’s family that matters.

Barbara Allison says, "Jobs are transient; it's family that matters."

07/06/2024

Brett McNeil delivers the commencement address for Michianapolis Elementary.

It's Graduation Day in Michianapolis

31/05/2024

Heather Curlee Novak has relearned that putting off unpleasant tasks can have unpleasant consequences.

Heather Curlee-Novak suggests putting off that unpleasant task will only make it worse later.

24/05/2024

Katherine Couch says our screens are changing our relationships with the natural world.

Katherine Couch says our screens are keeping us from appreciating the natural world.

17/05/2024

Ken Smith recalls the wisdom literature of Alice Munro.

10/05/2024

Amidst recent protests on college campuses, April Lidinsky reflects on how her own student activism shaped her life.

03/05/2024

Anne Magnan-Park tells us what she means by “I translate like I shoot” in the context of the arts.

Anne Magnan-Park tells us what she means by “I translate like I shoot” in the context of the arts.

26/04/2024

Sid Shroyer talks about the century-long shift in the definition of “value.”

Sid Shroyer has written a creative non-fiction family memoir that will be available next year. In this week’s Michiana Chronicle Sid says a big inspiration for his book is the work of Kentucky farmer/author Wendell Berry.

19/04/2024

As we approach Earth Day, Barbara Allison says we need an earthrise, before it’s too late.

As we approach Earth Day, Barbara Allison says we need an earthrise, before it's too late.

12/04/2024

As we put another season of March Madness in the rearview mirror, Brett McNeil reflects on Hoosiers, real Hoosiers, and underdogs.

As we close another season of March Madness, Brett McNeil talks about Hoosiers, real Hoosiers, and underdogs.

05/04/2024

Heather Curlee Novak struggles to get excited about the eclipse celebrations.

Heather Curlee Novak asks herself why she's so "meh" about the eclipse celebrations.

29/03/2024

Ken Smith takes a look at patriotic decency.

22/03/2024

Shelli Harmon-Baker’s recent health “adventures” are teaching her not to be afraid to lean on those around her from time to time.

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Shelli Harmon-Baker has a health adventure featuring helicopters and healing.

15/03/2024

April Lidinsky talks with Marchelle Pettit, a community doula and champion for Black maternal health and reproductive justice, recognizing Women’s History Month by drawing attention to a national health crisis – especially acute in Indiana – Black Maternal Health outcomes.

April Lidinsky talks with Marchelle Pettit, a community doula and champion for Black maternal health and reproductive justice during Women's History Month.

12/03/2024

Don Wheeler says it’s time to embrace low-barrier housing in St. Joseph County.

Don Wheeler says it's time to embrace low-barrier housing in St. Joseph County.

08/03/2024

In light of recent controversial Senate bills in Florida and Indiana which affect higher education, its students, faculty, and larger communities, Anne Magnan-Park shares her thoughts on the culture of fear, deceit, and surveillance.

In light of recent controversial Senate bills in Florida and Indiana, which affect higher education, its students, faculty, and larger communities, Anne Magnan-Park shares her thoughts on the culture of fear, deceit, and surveillance.

01/03/2024

Sid Shroyer has an eye on education… and irony.

Sid Shroyer has an eye on education... and irony.

23/02/2024

Barbara Allison celebrates the late civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis during the week of his 84th birthday.

Barbara Allison honors the late civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis near his birthday.