when they invade your home or outdoor spaces. While chemical-based repellents and pesticides are effective, many people prefer natural solutions that are safer for families, pets, and the environment. The good news is that there are plenty of simple, eco-friendly remedies to keep these unwanted guests at bay. From essential oils to homemade traps, here’s … Read more
Ingredients: 4 cups fresh or frozen blackberries 1 cup sugar (plus 2 tablespoons for topping) 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup milk ½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted Instructions:
“My mother-in-law buys these tablets even though she doesn’t have a dishwasher: Thanks to her tip, I also bought 1 pack for the whole year!” Dishwasher tablets degrease, clean and shine everyday containers and utensils. But did you know that these little tablets can also help you with more than one household task? Realistic at … Read more
Cashier laughed at old woman counting pennies for bread and I lost my mind right there in line. Something snapped inside me. Forty-three years of riding, sixty-seven years of living, and I’d never felt rage like that moment. She was maybe eighty years old. Tiny. Hunched over. Her hands were shaking as she counted out … Read more
We arrested 5 bikers for stalking a widow until her 7-year-old son ran outside screaming the truth at us. My partner had his knee in the back of a sixty-three-year-old veteran while I handcuffed another man whose tears were dripping onto the pavement, and that little boy’s words made every single one of us freeze. … Read more
The little girl selling her only bike said three words that made four grown bikers cry in the middle of the street. She couldn’t have been more than five years old. Blonde curls. Pink sandals. Standing next to a tiny purple bicycle with a handwritten cardboard sign that said “FOR SALE.” My brothers and I … Read more
Donald Trump branded the polls ‘fake’ The US president has responded to new approval ratings, and safe to say, he’s not very happy about it. It’s 10 months into Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House, and approval ratings have already showed an unfavorable picture for the president. One approval rating published by … Read more
The Night Everything Quietly Changed Grant Wallace didn’t sleep a single minute. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw the same image repeating like a memory stuck on pause—Elena sitting on the floor of his guest room, holding a framed picture of his daughter, and crying with a grief that didn’t belong to a … Read more
Last week, I went out into my backyard hoping for a quiet moment—and immediately noticed something odd. An orange extension cord stretched across my lawn like a neon path, running straight from my neighbor’s garage into my outlet on the back wall of the house. I paused, unsure what to think. Maybe it was a … Read more
The Cry Behind the Building The wind that night felt personal, like it was trying to carve my name into my bones. December 23rd, Lakeshore City. Windows were glowing red and green, the streets full of people hauling shopping bags and last-minute hope. I wasn’t part of any of that. I was behind my tired … Read more
