Author: Ellen Cochran

Unconventional Love During Quarantine

Post author By Ellen Cochran
Post date December 3, 2020

With no customers and no other means of staying afloat, many well-established community businesses had no other option than permanent closure. People were losing their jobs and struggling with deteriorating mental health. While so many businesses and people were facing bleak prospects for the future, one industry was doing its best to spread joy and positivity: dog adoption.

Tags adoption, COVID-19, dogs, mental health, pets, puppies, quarantine

Pop Culture

How to Vote This Election Season

Post author By Ellen Cochran
Post date October 8, 2020

With a pivotal election season coming up amid a global pandemic, it is more important than ever that everyone has all the tools and knowledge they need to exercise their right to vote.

Tags absentee ballots, election, how to vote, information, student voting, voter registration, voting, voting by mail, voting in person, voting links

Arts

Write What You Know, Not What You’ve Been Told

Post author By Ellen Cochran
Post date October 1, 2020

My main problem with journaling has always been the time commitment. Sometimes, sitting down and writing about my day just seems like a hassle, and in quarantine times, when the days all feel the same, recounting my day is even less appealing.

Tags catharsis, creative, journal, mental health, pandemic, reading