Archive for the ‘Teens’ Category

Are we Watching Less Television These Days?

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

According to recent Nielsen Ratings, Americans are watching less television these days. Could that really be true? Are we becoming a healthier society with fewer couch potatoes? It has media researchers in a quandary and marketers in a tizzy. There’s not much question to me what may be happening. For one thing, now you can […]

I Love to Tell the Story

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Yesterday I went to visit my second grade pen pal group. I go every two weeks or so to visit with them, read from my book and listen to their stories. We love to tell stories to each other. Last visit, among other things, we talked about war. It was obvious it was close to […]

Dining With the Sharks

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Over the weekend my sweetheart and I decided to go to Folly Beach for dinner. I remembered there was a great place to dine on the pier so we headed out there from Charleston. As we drove up I realized it had been awhile since I’d been to Folly Beach. The main drag pretty much […]

Woah Nellie

Monday, April 30th, 2007

There’s a new book out.  It’s called It’s all Too Much and it’s about accumulating “stuff.”  Peter Walsh, the author, points out that we are controlled by our stuff. He suggests we buy way too much just for the sake of keeping up with the Jones.  He goes on to say that this is the […]

Ugly Betty

Friday, April 27th, 2007

When they announced a new television show with the name of “Ugly Betty” I thought how horrible that was. To come right out and say someone was ugly and to make a show about it was just absurd. I was curious though. I must admit that, after watching a few episodes, I found myself liking […]