Parks and Playgrounds

What is the difference between a park and a playground? Did you ever consider the difference? The terms can be used interchangeably in casual discussion and shorthand references to parks, but when it comes to the fundamentals of park design, they are very different things.

South Africans find a home in Texas

A restaurant in Winnsboro serves the traditional menu items like steaks, seafood and smoked chicken but also serves some South African dishes. Jackie and Phillip Strydom have the restaurant called Liefie (Lee-Fee) a popular Afrikaans word meaning sweetheart.

Hold Your Tongue

How often have you wanted to give someone a piece of your mind? If you're like me, very often. The opportunity to tell someone off can present itself several times a day. Someone cuts you off in traffic, a family member did something wrong, or a co-worker gave you an attitude.

Faces & Places

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land This is borrowed from social media. God bless little children!

A Common Heart Problem That’s Often Ignored

Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about atrial fibrillation? Every so often, I’ve noticed my heart starts beating rapidly for no particular reason. Is this something I should be worried about? Anxious Annie Dear Annie, Heart palpitations can be harmless if they are brief and infrequent.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Winter Solstice to Spring Equinox It was an unplanned hiatus from writing, these past three months. It proved to be one of the most meaningful, sacred times in my 66 years.

2 CENTS WORTH

Good morning to all of you, a happy sunny morning to all of you, it's going to be a great day, grab you a glass of tea and let's visit a while. I wish I could visit each one of ou wouldn' we have fun.

The Meaning of Parks

Why do parks matter? Have you ever thought about that? We all see city parks in our hometowns and in places that we visit. Perhaps they blend in as a natural part of each community and we do not pay all that much attention to them. But why do cities build parks?

SHEILA MEETS THE FAMILY

Mike and Sheila Abusaab met in Durant, Oklahoma where Sheila was teaching summer classes. Mike was a student there and also managed the university cafeteria. When Sheila first saw Mike at the cafeteria she says he held his head down and seldom talked to anybody.

Stop Hiding

It's easy to hide from the issues of life. Most of us have done it. I know I was hiding from things in my life that I should have faced years ago. Unfortunately, some people spend their whole life hiding from something that they eventually will have to face one way or the other.