Melissa Bartlett

I really hate how this covid thing has hurt a lot of businesses. No matter if they stayed open or shut down they have taken a big hit. Some restaurant's have open back up for people to eat in. Some have decided to stay closed to diners.

I forgot about that until I drove into work the next morning. Yep, it looked like I could have possibly gone swimming down 34th, if I wanted to. Pulling into the radio station parking lot I was a little concerned about my car making it through all the water. It was a water main that busted. It'…

We all know that the graduates this year have encountered an interesting school year. They have all missed out on a regular graduations. They have been able to have virtual graduations that started with them at a location social distancing. Amarillo is trying to do all they can to make the Class of…

I get it we are all learning new stuff. We are trying to figure out just how much hand washing we need. We also have to stay away from people. That is tough because we are social creatures. We just are.

Did you ever think that hand sanitizer would become one of the most important products of 2020? I mean between that and toilet paper….who knew? Yep, it is a thing. You see people using it all the time. Especially now. You can get the normal unscented kind or even the fancy smelling stuff from…

I mean every city has "their thing". I know Amarillo is not alone. I moved here back in 1986 and the things I have discovered about this area. Oh my goodness. I still think Amarillo is a great place to live. We just have some weird stuff. Oh and these weird things seem to be absolutely nor…

I felt like I was living an Alfred Hitchcock movie...instead of birds flying and attacking me, though, it was moths. Motha? What else can 2020 throw at us? I really don't want to know. We started with Covid-19, Then we found out about the killer hornets. That was nice. Then Amarillo got hit wi…

Parents have had an interesting year. We went from working in offices to working from home. Kids have gone from going to school to all being home schooled. These two worlds have intertwined because parents have now had to step up and help with the teaching.

As if Family Support Services has not been hit enough this year. First a fire that closed their location in Downtown Amarillo earlier this year and now this. In an announcement yesterday they have had to cancel this years Harley Party.

We are still spending a lot of time in our houses. Even though Texas and with that Amarillo is starting to slowly open up. A lot of us are taking it slow as well. So a lot of time is still close by.

One thing is for sure, if you ever thought about growing your own garden, now is the time. With all of this food shortage and stay at home orders we have lived through this past month; growing our own food is needed.

So when news of this came out Tuesday afternoon there is always talk. Who is it? What happened? Sometimes this kind of news can lead to some closure for a family.