Mother, lover, thinker, dreamer, nurse, teacher, writer I was born in Guyana, South America. As many first-borns are wont to do, I grew up as an avid reader and a shy thinker. I did not use my words much back then. Now it’s hard to shut me up! I arrived…

No one is exempt from life’s challenges — Celine Dion recently made a heartbreaking statement on her social media account concerning her recent health challenges. The singer took to her Instagram account to inform her adoring fans that she is suffering from a serious health challenge. The neurological disease, called Stiff Person Syndrome has apparently made serious impacts…

A Cautionary Tale: Evil exists in many forms and jealousy and envy will kill you — Dead woman walking… A young woman leaves for a fun-filled vacation with her friends. They or at least she planned to have fun in Mexico. I’m sure she thought they would take beautiful photos, show off on social media, visit the beach, drink wine and hang out at the villa and have a…

Now it’s just a ghost town — I came upon this story and found it so enthralling that I had to research more about it and pen an article. According to Wikipedia, the Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania…

Will the Sunshine Protection Bill pass? — Twice a year, we go through the motions. Sullenly, silently we change our clocks, at least I do. Then rise bleary-eyed to face the work or school day feeling as if we never slept. I confess I have never really understood the benefits of daylight savings time. …

Childhood joys under nature’s lamp — Growing up in South America, at night we relied on the light of the moon. Back then there were no lights except the light of the moon and the weak flame of a dying candle or a flambeau lamp. The place was pitch black; you couldn’t even see your fingers…

I need their energy around me always — I have never lived in a home without plants, and I know I never want or intend to. I come from a people who have loved the earth, tilled its soil, grew their food, and tended to its crops. Following the cycle of growing, reaping, and fallowing. The home of…

The child told police he has been living there since spring — Evil seems alive and well A 9-year-old was locked outdoors in a dog kennel by his family. As reported by the news, a father, a stepmother, and a step-aunt have all been arrested on child abuse and felony charges against their 9-year-old child. It all came to a head when law enforcement received an anonymous…

Some say it was an angel… — The Loretto Staircase remains a mysterious tourist attraction to the present day. Constructed sometime between 1877 and 1881, in New Mexico, its builder may forever remain shrouded in mystery. According to the legend, the sisters of the Loretto Chapel initially commissioned the staircase for their girls’ academy in 1873. The…