Katharina Buczek

This twenty-nine-year-old man owns and operates a bar in a mid-sized town. He does have a few employees, but most nights, he just mans the bar himself. Anyway, he noticed that a new girl named Katie started frequenting his bar about three months ago. She became sort of a regular customer there, and it appeared […] More

Now that Autumn is officially in full swing, it is time to take advantage of the chilling weather and crank out some classic fall recipes. I’m talking about those warm, creamy, and comforting soups that are, sadly, pretty much reserved for the colder months. And what better to accompany #spookyseason than butternut squash? But unlike […] More

While Florida residents began stockpiling food, gathering emergency supplies, and preparing for evacuation last week, Hurricane Ian’s threat has only intensified. As of today, Ian has sustained maximum winds of one hundred and fifty-five miles per hour. So even though the hurricane is currently a Category 4, the storm could become a Category 5 after […] More

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), cannabis can be a viable treatment option for a myriad of health conditions. Most notably, cannabis has been found to control epilepsy, decrease anxiety, and relieve chronic pain. But, a group of researchers from the U.S. and U.K. recently found that the use of […] More

This twenty-seven-year-old man has been dating his girlfriend for a while, and they are starting to get pretty serious. In fact, they currently live together, and he is hoping they can build a solid future together. But, he has some concerns about how their household is run. More specifically, how exactly his girlfriend completes her […] More

This young woman is twenty years old and comes from a pretty sizable family. In fact, she has four full siblings and two half-siblings. And even though she loves them all, she and her older sister, Vel, are always expected to be the babysitters. Plus, now that she travels pretty often for her own job, […] More

Every year, this forty-two-year-old woman and her family look forward to their annual vacation. And they even make the entire trip a fun game, too. She has a wheel that they fill out with different destinations. Then, they take turns spinning the wheel to figure out where they are going next. But, this year is […] More

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, scientists around the globe have been working to understand exactly how the virus impacts long-term health– also known as “long COVID” or “post-COVID” symptoms. According to the CDC, general symptoms might include fatigue and fever; meanwhile, people may also experience a wide range of respiratory, heart, neurological, […] More

This twenty-four-year-old woman met her current boyfriend, Brent, at work. Brent is thirty-seven and used to be in a position of power over her. But, after he transferred into a different department, they hit it off, began dating, and have been together for almost a year and a half now. And everything had been progressing […] More

When this woman was twenty-two years old, she apparently married a thirty-six-year-old “momma’s boy.” “Yep– money, power imbalance, the full deal. His mother ran our lives,” she recalled. And once she and her ex-husband had a son together, her mother-in-law only became more overbearing. Still, she was working as a wet nurse and had grown […] More

This twenty-seven-year-old woman has had a few boyfriends in the past and even a more serious relationship that ended amicably. But, she is really just not that into dating and prefers to just focus on her job and her beloved dog. She has had her pup since she graduated from college and thinks of her […] More

This woman sadly lost her mother last year, and ever since then, she has been working to finalize her mother’s inheritance distribution. But now, in just a few weeks, that whole process will finally be over. Instead of being happy about putting that stress behind her, though, she has been forced to worry about her […] More

This fifty-five-year-old woman has three children, and her two daughters are doing great in life. The oldest just got married to a wonderful guy, and her youngest is currently in graduate school overseas. Unfortunately, though, her son Carlos is still acting like a child at twenty-five years old. According to her, Carlos has been a […] More

This twenty-six-year-old woman had been dating her boyfriend for five years when he finally proposed just a few months ago. But, even though she is really looking forward to tying the knot, one thing about the engagement has been really upsetting her– the ring. In fact, he apparently completely lied about it. She claims that […] More