by dianeradfordmd | Jan 27, 2016 | Creative
Rik Wilson, who passed away suddenly on January 22, 2016, was one of the most kind, caring people I have ever met. I am honored to have known him. I wrote the following piece in 2012. Rik liked it and was very touched by it. I believe he liked it because it was about...
by dianeradfordmd | Jul 29, 2014 | Creative
Ann Pietrangelo is the author of No More Secs! and Catch That Look. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and her work is published on sites all around the web. Ann and her husband, Jim, are partners in WebCamp One, LLC, a website...
by dianeradfordmd | Jun 8, 2014 | Creative
The 6th of June 2014 marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the landings on the Normandy Beaches. Those landings began Operation Overlord — the Battle of Normandy — the mission to free occupied France. On that day 160,000 allied troops crossed the English...
by dianeradfordmd | Mar 4, 2014 | Creative
In our house, as in households across the UK, the day before Ash Wednesday — Shrove Tuesday — was the day of the pancake feast. Shrove Tuesday is observed in several Christian denominations. The term “shrove” is derived from the word “shrive,” meaning to...
by dianeradfordmd | Feb 14, 2014 | Creative
Curling is a sport born in Scotland, and played there since medieval times. The first written record of this contest on ice dates from 1541. The game’s popularity and viewership soar every Winter Olympics, particularly during the Games in Sochi, Russia where...
by dianeradfordmd | Jan 27, 2014 | Creative
When it was announced earlier this week that Renée Fleming would sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl on Feb 2nd, I was overjoyed. Others were bemused, even critical — after all, no opera singer has opened the football championship before. So why can’t...