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May Marks Mental Health Awareness Month
Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) Encourages Mississippians to Think Again about Personal Mental Health in Light of Pandemic By DMH Executive Director Wendy Bailey ... Read more
Avoiding procrastination
By Jan Miller Penton The sun peeks out hesitantly now and again as if to tease. Thirsty trees and shrubs have soaked up the moisture ... Read more
Hearts in Touch, Mother’s Day
By Ronnie Michel My 62nd birthday is on Mother’s Day, and I’m not disappointed about this consolidation of events. My children are my greatest gifts. Motherhood ... Read more
Alzheimer’s and dementia in rural communities
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are not a big city problem. Alzheimer’s plays no favorites, and people living in the vast rural areas of Texas are ... Read more
Discoveries of Earth-sun connections continue
By Skip Rigney It has been hard to miss the brilliant, beautiful May sunshine over the last few days. The scarcity of clouds, combined with ... Read more
Celebration of heritage and family
By Brenda Taylor African ancestry DNA testing revealed that on the maternal side my family our roots are traced back to the Mende tribe of ... Read more
Take time to smell the roses
Maybe it’s just anecdotal but, after such a harsh winter, but either we’ve forgotten what happens every spring, or the roses actually do seem fuller ... Read more
Culinary peppers are great garden additions
By Gary R. Bachman MSU Extension Service The month of May signals that it’s time for me to start planting culinary peppers in my home ... Read more
Never stop learning
Do you remember the first time someone showed you something in the garden, and explained it to you, kick-starting a lifetime of wonder? Just as ... Read more
Historic April rains were triple the average
By Skip Rigney This April was one of the wettest in the lifetimes of even the oldest residents of southern Pearl River County. Rainfall as ... Read more