British Annual Holidays Once a year most English families take an extended holiday. Until air travel became more common these family holidays were almost always spent in one of the coastal seaside res...
July 4-- Whalton Baal 1 Fire This annual rite 2 in the Northumbrian village of Whalton takes its name from either the Celtic 3 word bel, meaning “bright,” the Anglo-Saxon 4 bail, meaning “ fire,”...
If There’s a Will I am my mother’s third child, born when she was 20. When I was delivered, nurses took me from the room before she could see me. Her doctor gently explained that my left arm was m...
Words f rom the Heart Most people need to hear those “three little words”---I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time. I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice 1 ward, w...
Winners Are Made, Not Born Chef 1 Walter Potenza owns three thriving Italian restaurants in Rhode Island 2 . He studied and trained to be a chef, but he sees now that his abilities are the product of...
Being Yourself As a youngster, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stone walls, the house and bar...
Express Yourself Effectively E Huiyuan: Speech is actually a form of conveying information. Considering that people today have various ways to get necessary information, why is public speaking still w...
Last Letters Home From an American Soldier Who Died in Irap To son, Cecil, Just a quick note preface before I start in earnest. When I wrote this you were 8, still a little boy. In 2002, I was called...
The Puppy Express The Topps stood on the shoulder 1 of the road and watched as their truck's engine shuddered 2 and died. Nancy and Joe, their two children, Jodi, twelve, and Matthew, fifteen, and the...
Obesity and Risk in Driving Heavier people are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in car accidents than lighter people, according to new research. That could mean car designers will have to...
