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In the spring of 2017, I left a cushy social media marketing job for a dishwashing job in Manitou Springs. I was burned out with social media after running for office for three consecutive years. The first time I ran for office in 2015 was the most nerve-wracking of my political campaigns. I had used social media as the focus of my campaign. I knocked on doors and attended candidate forums, too. The following years saw me campaign less though the stress of being a candidate never waned until a few days after an election.

Have you caught wind of society’s latest controversial topic yet? If you have not heard of “Critical Race Theory” or the hype involving it, eat your Wheaties – it is worth investing a few minutes of time to devise an opinion on it.

Colorado Springs City Council could have had a momentous day on June 22, but they did not.

Do you remember the first movie that you saw in a theater? The excitement, the anticipation of something new, and the smell of popcorn drenched in butter-flavored oil?

I have been thinking about my mother quite a bit lately. She wanted me to become an attorney. Dad, on the other hand, wanted me to go into the family newspaper business. Mom and I both heeded dad’s wishes. I am disappointed I did.

I recently had to perform CPR on my husband, Gunner, with the help of my friend, Tricia. Tricia took a class years ago; I had no formal training. We, along with EMS, saved his life and Gunner is home recovering.

I recently had to perform CPR on my husband, Gunner. No formal training, no Red Cross course, just a blind determination to save his life with whatever skill I possessed from watching countless hours of Chicago Med.

A new bill proposed in the state Legislature, Senate Bill 21-062, would remove most discretion from police officers, judges and prosecutors in matters of arrest and setting bond, and would instead mandate automatic release of suspected criminals in a wide variety of offenses.

Patrick Moore, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, has a new book out, ”Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” (Moore, 2021). It is a factual book on climate change, but it also mentions pandemics. How could these two topics have something in common? An old acronym, GIGO – garbage in, garbage out - connects the two ideas.

To say that this last election cycle was...unusual...is a gross understatement. I was stressed and frustrated as I watched many people I care about slide into the leach pit of partisan politics.