Author Archives: amyalderman1

This is the only time in my life that I have ever said this: I am grateful that my grandparents are not here. Up until recently, I would have told you I would give my right arm or more to see my Papa again. But not today. I would give everything I have to notContinue reading “This is the only time that I have ever said this”

This week, my mom warmed up her oven and broke out her secret recipes for a cause, the Galena ARC’s Take the Cake Auction.

A tortoise kitten found begging for food behind a restaurant in Taos, New Mexico, Echo was a tough and tender little one from the start.  For once, I was early to meet a friend and said I would visit an animal shelter “just to look.” I walked in, and Echo was in a cage atContinue reading “My Echo”

While many food pantries across the country have seen a rapid increase in the number of clients coming to their doors for assistance during the Pandemic, Thomas Van Gelder at the Galena Food Pantry in Galena, Illinois has seen something a little different. “The irony is we have fewer clients coming in,” he said. However,Continue reading “Galena Food Pantry sees changes as Pandemic ensues”

Life in a small town can be full of familiarity and wandering adventures.

As I run to my train, which is stopped in its tracks, I hear that dreaded hisssss.

The security guard looks to me and shakes her head. “They just closed the doors.”