If you’ve been to Costa Rica, you know they have a particular national slogan. The two words are everywhere — on menus, on signs, on the lips […]
Author: Katie McDowell, The Dominion Post
Sad end to 2022 doesn’t mean this year is ruined — just different
Last year was one of the best years of my life. I saw a lot. I did a lot. I loved a lot. Unfortunately — probably because […]
Dogs make out like bandits this Christmas
As the rest of the world — the holiday-celebrating portion of it, anyway — busily works to scratch names and tasks off their lists, I’m winding down […]
Morgantown Police respond to false active shooter report
MORGANTOWN — Reports of an active shooter at Morgantown High School that alarmed local law enforcement turned out to be a hoax. At 9 a.m. Dec. 7, law […]
Mon Sheriff’s Office investigates Earl L. Core Road shooting
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday night near Finish Line Plaza. According to a release, deputies were dispatched to the plaza on […]
Recent romantic weekend away has surprising results
Last weekend I uttered three little words to Chad that I never thought I’d say to a man. Or to anyone, honestly. We had just wrapped up […]
Life with mice much different than I imagined
When I was a kid, I didn’t have a dollhouse. I had a mouse house. The concept was the same — a tiny replica of a home, […]
When your week away turns into ‘Freaky Friday’
As a woman, I always knew turning into my mother was inevitable. What I didn’t realize was that within 48 hours of occupying their house, Chad and […]
Who’s the real charmer here? Him, or my dogs?
Remember that Jack Nicholson-Helen Hunt-Greg Kinnear movie, where Jack plays an unhappy, obsessive-compulsive recluse whose whole existence is turned around by the love of a good woman […]
Welcome, home: Contemplating what that word means
I’ve been thinking about the concept of home a lot lately. Growing up an Army brat, moving was just a part of life — it’s not like […]
