Dianne Marks Dianne Fleming Marks, of Oro Valley, Ariz., passed away peacefully with family at her bedside on the morning of Dec. 29, 2025, after a two-week hospital stay. Born to Claude and Sarah Fleming in Monroe, Ga., in 1942, Dianne attended Monroe High School where she was a member of the Monroe Girls Corps…
Dr. Rose Bricker If you are experiencing symptoms like brain fog, lack of focus, and difficulty with your memory, you are not alone. Are you losing or misplacing objects, retaining less of what you’re reading, having difficulty remembering names, experiencing confusion and possibly mood swings, anxiety, and irritability? These are just some symptoms of poor…
Stuart Watkins 506 Bay Bridge Road, Mobile, Ala. Kelly Kazek wrote about Cudjoe Lewis as the last known survivor of the last known slave ship to come to America in the 19th century. If you visit Alabama, this memorial might be worthy of a visit. It will be worth the time to me when I…
David Zapatka Reader, friend and fellow bridge player, Maria, writes, “Hi Dave. I came across this word while reading The Road to Character by David Brooks. He was describing the life and writing of George Eliot. ‘She was a meliorist and a gradualist, believing that people and society were best reformed by slow stretching, not…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg A friend of ours (“Janet”) recently emailed me and said that she had fallen and broken her femur. Concerned, I wrote back and asked if she was still in the hospital and, if so, which hospital. I also asked about the circumstances of her fall. Janet wrote back saying that she…
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart There’s a reason for the old saying, “Silence is golden,” but is it really? Researchers have found that silence is more than just the absence of sound. It is something that actively transforms the brain. According to a new study on silence and its impact on the brain, after just three days…