“BAM!” The soccer ball collided, yet again, with the plastic enclosure around the pitch at Mockingbird Valley. As I walked past the kids game with my friends, I could hear overly enthusiastic...

A winter morning with a little snow on the ground, we were up early and heading to the Public Defender’s office. I walked into my father’s brand-new office, with its very organized hills of paperwork. ...

Fifty archers once stood at these targets, creating an incoherent buzz that ran throughout the gym. Now there are only 20, and now the air conditioning unit dominates the other sounds. When this pandemic...

Into the wind. The park is populated with runners, joggers, and bikers, all braving the cold. Winds make it even colder, but the temperature is still bearable. Most do not welcome cold weather. Most...

From the dreary, wet concrete outside the Best Buy electronics store on Shelbyville Road, I could feel my face slowly lit by neon. Inside, a haven from the rainy darkness awaited. The doors opened at...

It was like any other school day. The bell rings, hallways fill, lockers slam, and a rush to first block. In class, you continue to hear the term “COVID-19,” which had been talked about all week around...

"There's always an opportunity with crisis. Just as it forces an individual to look inside himself, it forces a company to reexamine its policies and practices." --  crisis manager Judy Smith  When...