I can’t stop itching. — I have always had a heart for animals. I follow several different animal shelter sites on Facebook and Instagram. I love the before and after pictures. I admire the people who save mistreated and neglected animals. Whenever I have seen a lost animal or one wandering around alone, I always…

CNN should have done more fact-checking, but doesn’t GoFundMe share some of the responsibility? — Many people have lost income and jobs due to the pandemic. Dasha Kelly was a card dealer in Las Vegas when businesses shut down due to the pandemic. Like many others, Kelly struggled to pay utilities and rent. She owed $1,900 for past due rent and was facing eviction. Kelly…

A bystander’s video is what led to woman’s arrest — PUEBLO, Co. — On August 5, 2021, Chelsea Trujillo was arrested for “forcefully” trying to put a 5-year-old boy in the trunk of her car. The boy was resisting, which made her even angrier. The boy was crying hysterically. Trujillo was yelling at the boy, yells “Get in there before…

Which one do you want to hear first? — I used to work for two male attorneys P &C, they were brothers, and they honestly needed help to survive and get through life. P wanted to get his briefcase repaired, “I want you to take my briefcase to the shop and get it repaired. As soon as possible.” He…

How the system failed them. On February 13, 2009, fourteen-year-old Amber DuBois went missing walking to school in Escondido, California, and vanished without a trace. Dave Cave, Amber’s stepfather, knew something was wrong when Amber didn’t return home from school at 4:30 p.m. Dave notified Amber’s mother, Carrie and the…

And it’s not Mickey. — Let me start by saying I’m not a mouse fan. I don’t hate them; I just don’t want to co-exist with them. I stayed at my boss’s house for two weeks, and I returned to my apartment to find a dead mouse next to the trashcan. …

I really miss the city. I lived in the country for two years and it was a good experience in the sense of seeing how the other half lives and I realized that country life wasn’t for me. I missed civilization. I now live seven minutes from all thing’s civilization…

Seriously. — For the last couple of years, I have been getting phone calls for someone named Amanda, and it drives me crazy. I am literally screaming in my head. Some of the exchanges with callers. No. 1 — This is constant. “Amanda, I wanted to talk to you about your Medicaid.” …

The naivete of youth. — It was my first semester back to college in twenty years. It was a creative writing class, something I loved and a good way for me to raise my GPA. I walked into a class full of shiny new faces. I plopped down at a desk in the back of…