November 2010
November 9th, 2010
Written by Ellie Kuykendall in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
A gourmet heaven on earth, South Korea offers foods to tempt everyone’s taste buds. This Asian country’s English nickname is “The Land of the Morning Calm.”It’s true that if you get up at 4 a.m., in the morning in Seoul, the country seems to live up to its name. The rest of the time though, Korea’s capital city is bustling with activity and people from all over the world: ESL teachers, project...
November 9th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Publisher's Note with 1 Comment
If we are not careful, our unquenchable thirst for the dramatic and the negative in our electoral process, coupled with our short attention span, will be our undoing.The hard work of putting solutions in place for the many challenges this country faces, is something we must all keep at the top of our minds, this must remain the first priority for those who survived the election blood bath. If you...
November 8th, 2010
Written by Eric Trump in Focus on Health with 4 Comments
In the John Irving novel, The World According to Garp, a comatose man sires the protagonist, Garp. Garp’s mother, a flinty nurse who wants a child but no husband, straddles the man, a brain damaged sergeant, who suffers (or enjoys) bouts of automatic arousal, and becomes impregnated.She raises Garp herself, with the sergeant fading from the story, a convenient and passive means to an end.However...
November 5th, 2010
Written by Bharat Mehta in Common Ties That Bind with 3 Comments
We don’t know anything about racism. We’ve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?This realistic thought from the pen of Jane Elliott, an anti-racism activist, makes us ponder how an individual, falling prey to racism feels! Racism is about the hatred of one group or another, including...
November 4th, 2010
Written by Rita Cook in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
When thinking of Louisiana, many adjectives come to mind, but most travelers get excited about the states’ food and culture. In Northern Louisiana, a group comprised of 29 parishes from Monroe to Alexandria, there are many unknown town names in between, but there’s definitely diversity in the area that the traveler can’t ignore.Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish is a good place to learn about...