| One Native Life
I fell in love when I was 7. I mean really and truly in love. It was the kind of rapturous love that changes the lighting in your world and makes everything sharper, clearer, like it never existed in quite that way before, or ever will again. Some people call it ''puppy love'' to make light of it, but I've come to know enough of dogs in my time to know that puppies love truly and unconditionally. And it's true for human puppies, too.
Her name was Wilhemina Draper, and everyone called her Billie. Billie Draper was the most popular kid in our class. She had brownish-blonde hair cut in a bob and big blue eyes that sparkled when she laughed, which was all tinkly and musical. I was awed by her. She could outrun everyone and she learned how to skin-the-cat on the monkey bars before any of the boys would even try it.
The Reliable Source
At a red-carpet premiere on Wednesday night in Largo for the WKYS-FM personality's directorial debut, singer Mya (in a dazzling backless evening gown) rubbed elbows with the sharp-dressed likes of Adrian Fenty and Clinton Portis (dudded out like a high-fashion skater boy), while Parr himself made the scene in . . . jeans, T-shirt and ball cap? Exactly: just like Spielberg or Spike. The total auteur uniform. .
Avoiding the Summer Brain Drain
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The summer is here! That long awaited school break has arrived. Your children are now enjoying their much deserved time away from the daily grind of spelling tests, math worksheets, book reports, geography lessons, science projects and homework. It is time for them to play in the sun, swim in the pool, go camp, walk the beach, shoot hoops, ride bikes, sleep in, relax, and lose three months of reading and math gains that they worked so hard to attain this past school year. Yes, many children fall almost three months behind in math and reading skills over the summer. This phenomenon is so well known that educators even have a special name for it. They call it the “the summer slide". Because of the summer slide teachers often invest the first two months of every school year focusing on lesson plans that help students regain skills they lost over the summer.
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