The start of the holiday season is signaled, for me, by Bake Day. Bake Day is a tradition carried on by my best friends (who are twins) that was handed down from their mom. Bake day occurs the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and a group of us spend a whole day baking everything we will need […]
Shannon Johnston grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is currently attending Pikes Peak Community College. She is currently planning on majoring in economics or accounting, but she is also thinking about applying to veterinary school. Her passions are music, animals, and writing. In “This One Time at Band Camp,” Shannon discusses all the hard
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What’s on your playlist? Better yet, how many playlists do you have? What is the soundtrack for your life? I’m sure most of you have one. People find that life goes better with music. There are certain songs I hear and I am transported back in time to a particular place or person or situation.
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Welcome to Emily’s Corner. This is a corner of the world you have not seen before because it only exists in my head: a place my inner Mom sends me when my thoughts are too much to handle and I need a time-out. While it’s not a hard corner you’d be afraid to bump into every time
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It’s an all too common sight these days in Colorado Springs. this otherwise beautiful city on the front range of the Rocky Mountains and home to Fort Carson: people in ragged, dirty clothes stand on busy street corners displaying sad messages drawn on pieces of cardboard boxes, such as “lost job, need money” or “will
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Arrival Anna flies from Fresno to Denver, rents a car and arrives at Lucy’s house Saturday afternoon. They pick Janice and Alpha up that evening from the Colorado Springs airport and have a patio dinner with the one dish non-domestic Lucy knows how to prepare: teriyaki chicken. She adds brown rice, salad and a bottle
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