When it comes to curious tennis scoring rules, it’s an odd fact that “love” equals zero. While so many funny analogies can be made from this (it’s also played on a court!), tennis is a sport that provides not only physical, but also mental and social benefits, that will likely precede, and surprisingly outlast, the many, or one true, loves of our lives. Physical Benefits For youth sports, soccer arguably wins the popularity contest, followed closely by Little …
David Boyd works as a Registered Nurse, but it was an earlier job stocking shelves at Food Lion that proved pivotal on the family front. “I met Heather one day on the …
You can “go places” you never dreamed of, “meet people” you never thought about, “learn skills” you never practiced before, reduce your stress level, sleep better, advance your career, grow your imagination, …
Summer dusk in southwest Virginia brings tiny, flickering insects, their yellow bulbs brightening scrubby fields and brushy meadows. Many of us reminisce about childhood evenings spent catching these ~ to many the …
Who hasn’t heard of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons, founded in 1958? The organization has 38 million members age 50 and up nationwide with many local AARP chapters. Most operate …
Nothing says summer like sunflowers. These sun worshipers’ cheerful, round, daisy-like faces rotate to follow the sun all day. When darkness falls, they turn again to face east, awaiting the morning sun. …
In 1864, the International Red Cross was founded in Switzerland, Jules Verne published “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, and Abraham Lincoln was re-elected President of the United States. In the same …
Determined to make a buck, my kids have set up shop in our front yard and sold everything from lemonade to hot cocoa, seashells and even spools of yarn. Cashing in on …
While to the introvert, taking refuge in your mental shell is a coping mechanism, to others – specifically small, green, shelled reptiles – it’s literally a home. Turtles in southwestern Virginia are …
Karen Wadovsky of Christiansburg has always loved to drive and appreciates classic cars. As a teen, she’d drive her dad’s dump trucks and large moving vehicles. But it was “Papa”, her grandfather …