Candy was a real dog that belonged to my friend. I usually was not taken with dogs, but Candy seemed special and unique. One afternoon as she sat in the front of my friend’s truck, I took several pictures. My art teacher had wanted me to attend a particular art retreat where I would learn to […]
Fun Family Activities to Heat the Summer Up
Long and lazy, summer months are a perfect opportunity for family bonding. With the last day of school just around the corner and the ocean breeze calling from afar, the time is about right to arrange a family schedule for the season. Seize the opportunity and run outside! There’s so much to experience out there, […]
Intouch Advance – Celebrating 10 Years Meeting the Mobile Communications Needs of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Delivering 80% savings, providing products and services at cost and going beyond the call of duty in support of one of Yorkshire’s most important charities Saltaire, 9 November, 2015 – Yorkshire’s leading business telecoms provider, Intouch Advance, today celebrates the 10th anniversary of its longstanding relationship supplying the mobile communications and data requirements for one […]
Wanderings Of A Rambunctious Mind: Portrait Of A Journalist
Raza is a journalist, not just any kind of journalist, but an accomplished journalist, the sort that knows his tenses, his voice, his structure, his subject and his alcohol. I first met Raza in his small cubicle in his office where he sat typing fervently with a smoldering cigarette dangling dangerously from the corner of […]
Tuskegee Airman Spann Watson Dead At 93
Retired US Air Force Colonel Spann Watson died April 15th of complications from pneumonia. He was one of the original complement of World War II African-American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, which actually formed the 99th Fighter Squadron based in North Africa and the 322nd Fighter Group based in Italy. The Tuskegee Airmen were trained by […]
Burris’ Senate Colleagues Turn Their Back on Him-Literally
Some five months after being appointed to the U.S. Senate by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the new senator is failing to win friends and influence people. Burris Losing Senate Popularity Contest Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., gets little more than a polite hello when in the presence of his Senate colleagues, writes The Associated […]