Climate Change — We Thought We Would Dump The Mess On Our Kids

Instead, nature is the teacher and classes are in session Is the sky falling? I have lived in Texas since 2010. I had previously been a visitor for three decades. To me, it has always been hot and dry. The leather seats in my car have threatened me with third-degree burns on more than one occasion. Before

Actress Anne Heche “Not Expected to Survive”!

We just never know when the journey will end, yet we go about our lives as if we will live forever When Life suddenly ends Per CBS news actress Ann Heche is not expected to survive. This news coming on the heels of the recent loss of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John feels like a

Do We Choose Love? or Does Love Chose Us?

Inspired by Toya Qualls-Barnette post, 11 things I know about love Accident or design Did you choose love or did love choose you? I think that love chooses us. We meet many people in the course of a day and over a lifetime. All of it by design. Sometimes there is a temporary exchange and then

Seeing You From the Inside Out

The longer I live, the more beauty I see I must say that I was kind of shallow when I was younger. I come from a culture where some shallowness is practiced. By that, I mean that you were treated well based on the amount of melanin you possessed, the texture and length of your hair,

The Centipede In My Shoe: A Biting Lesson About The Ill Effects of Procrastination

One morning before school, a slithering creature used my shoes as a shelter, then decided to bite me when I made claim to them. During childhood, most of us were lucky to have one pair of shoes. I know of many kids who walked several miles to school each day — bare feet! Altogether we walked four

Snowy Saturday

      The Frosty beat goes on… Good morning my friends in WP land. It is another blustery day in our usually warm southern parts. It is a cold 17 degrees this morning. The precipitation instantly freezes to become the deadly black ice. Travel is slow and quite dangerous. Texans are not accustomed to

Snowy Dayz

  The cold snowy Dayz of winter are upon us.  The world is frozen and soooo cold!My daughter usually gets a ride to school with her friends these days but this morning I would not risk it. Black ice everywhere. Yet I observed a few teens with their eyes on their phones while we skidded

Gout: Manage Your Symptoms

0 I have two dear friends who suffer from gout. I have seen their pain.  Sometimes it occurs as a result of eating foods that trigger the inflammatory process. Often flare-ups seem to occur for no particular reason. One thing is certain — their suffering is real! What is Gout Gout is loosely considered another

Update on Dangers of Vapes & E-Cigs

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the US Food and Drug Administration Act (FDA), has been eyeing a common key chemical in the lung injuries caused by the use of vaping products. What are Vaping Products? Electronic cigarettes aka e-cigarettes, vapes, e-hookahs, vape pens, tank systems, mods, and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). The

Smoking Hot…!

Recently the dangers associated with the use of vaping, e-cigarettes, pens, or Juuls (pronounced jewels) have been highlighted with an injury of some 530 persons across 38 US States and territories. Is reported that seven (7) persons have lost their lives resulting from the use of inhaled substances. According to the Centers for Disease Control