DOING BUSINESS RIGHT ROCKWALL, TX (May 12, 2014) “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of Heaven and Earth will pause to say, here lived a great street […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 12, 2014) A gentle, unassuming dachshund has become the symbol of revolution in Rockwall County. When a little dog named Gertie was rescued by Rockwall Pets, she represented the breathtaking pace of animal shelter reform in the county. During the past four years, Rockwall County has catapulted itself to the forefront of a nationwide […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (May 11, 2014) A best-selling book shows women—including moms—how to reach their full potential. But not everyone is buying it. Sheryl Sandberg’s call-to-action book, Lean In, provides steps we can take to “combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment.” Sandberg is Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 11, 2014) When two different worlds converge, good things usually happen, as with Mike and Linda Jones. Mike is the chef at Need 2 Feed Café, which is located at the Mansions of Rockwall Active Adult Community. Linda, who doesn’t like to cook, describes herself as “a waitress and cornbread cooker,” but […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (May 11, 2014) Test anxiety can easily undermine the hard work students have invested throughout the year, lowering their scores on standardized tests and jeopardizing their chances to take advanced classes or enroll in the schools of their choice. Reducing test anxiety can help prevent this. Students can reduce anxiety by reviewing the […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 8, 2014) No matter what, it starts with pain (birthing is painful). Then, their first cry fills our heart with joy and we realize the blessing of motherhood. Through the first stages of childhood, mothers (fathers too!) savor every little change, personality and sounds. Soon after these discoveries, we inundate social media […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 5, 2014) This Mother’s Day is shaping up to be a special one for Brooke Peters. She’s thrilled that the babies she brought into the world are now a year old. And she was so enamored with being a mother that she wrote an award-winning essay to share her experience. But Brooke’s babies […]
(May 1, 2014) When the safety and soul of the United States are threatened, three once-naive Americans risk the ultimate sacrifice to uncover and expose a global conspiracy to defraud the nation of trillions of dollars in an operation funded by Washington war profiteering and illegal drug sales. The despicable activities are sanctioned by the CIA, […]
ROCKWALL / HEATH, TX (April 17, 2014) Carolyn Roosth of Heath has just published her third novel, Promises, which follows last year’s publication of Anger. Carolyn grew up on a farm outside a small town in East Texas. She graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in English and Speech and completed her […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 16, 2014) Baseball has long been known as the America’s National Pastime. Not necessarily an American invention, but certainly an American experiment, or even evolution. Abner Doubleday is usually credited with the invention of the game, but it actually seems to have developed from “Rounders,” a game still played in England today. Controversy […]