The Legends Academy, Denton’s newest tuition-free, public charter school is making final preparations to open its doors, to as many as 150 students eligible for classes in grades 6 – 10 for the 2009-2010 school year. The academy will expand the grade-levels served each subsequent year until it reaches its planned capacity of 500 [...]
Are you interested in buying local, seasonal food directly from a farmer? You might want to consider membership in a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture farm. It’s a way for families to connect to their food source and teach their children about agriculture. It also allows families to invest in a local producer by [...]
I love when a one-of-a-kind, never-to-be repeated experience comes my way. Some special moments happen by chance like the summer I visited Washington, D.C. Somehow the secret service overlooked me when they kicked everyone out of Arlington Cemetery. By the time the men in shades realized their mistake, a limousine had stopped by the curb. [...]
28 June 2009
Ahh, July…The grass is growing, the birds are chirping, it’s summertime…no, wait, this isn’t Kentucky, this is Texas, where the grass is burning, the birds are croaking, and it’s SUMMERTIME. Spring, which lasted about 97 minutes in late May, gave way to full blown Hot in early June, and now here we are in [...]
28 June 2009
When pet owners choose to hire someone for in-home care, a locally owned pet sitting business is the optimal choice, especially in today’s economy. Independent pet sitting businesses, as a whole, have been in existence for decades. In fact, many of these businesses have been pet sitting for a number of years and, in [...]
28 June 2009
It’s summer time again, and swimsuit season is back! Whether you’re going to the beach, taking a dip at the local pool, or simply laying out in a friend’s backyard, you can be the talk of the town if you have a flattering bathing suit and the season’s trendiest accessories. As you look through this [...]
28 June 2009
Sharae Inman, owner of Tangles Salon, has been in the beauty business for two decades, starting a career teaching color theory and techniques in salons around the western states, and opening her first salon in Denton County in 1996. Ms. Inman started with permanent makeup four years ago when a long-time client had a mastectomy and [...]
28 June 2009
DISD estimates that for the current school year 39% of enrollment live in poverty as defined by the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Providing these children with back-to-school essentials places additional financial hardship on their families. Over 8,240 children in DISD are qualified to receive assistance through the Apple Tree Project. It is only through the generosity [...]
28 June 2009
It was a typical early spring London afternoon, damp, low overhanging clouds, rain showers growing more frequent. I was in London playing “Granny” to two grandsons, three and one and a half. Two cousins, aged seven and five, joined us. By now the baby had awakened from his nap. A long, [...]
Added on 04 May 2009
