Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
A rite of passage marks a transition from one level of maturity to another, for example in early tribal societies, a rite of passage might have been when a boy was considered to have become a man, when his skills were developed to a near adult level, perhaps when he first spent time in the wilderness with only his skills to enable him to survive.
The statement “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” is justified because without it, there would always be a convenient excuse for those who for whatever reason ignore the law. But are there exceptions?
Humor like beauty is in the eye (mind) of the beholder. What is funny to one person might be puzzling or offensive to another. Nothing is worse than to have to explain a joke to someone.
After you see your doctor, usually he/she will hand you some paper work one of which is typically a yellow sheet with a description of the details of the patient’s visit.
This column began when I heard a minister use it in his sermon. I suppose there are many answers to this question depending on your point of view, but his answer stuck with me.
When a serious medical emergency arises, most people contact a doctor but not always.
Just when you thought there was nothing to write about…
Most people who retire are generally still able to be active, to work in the yard, the garden, to visit relatives, to shop, to watch television programs to the wee hours of the morning, to sleep late, to pursue a hobby, to travel or at least to do it vicariously, to develop new friendships. to become a volunteer for different causes, to enjoy food and get fat and lazy, to learn something new and challenging, to spend more time with grandchildren, to become politically active and ultimately to learn to do ‘nothing’ as one nursing home resident stated.
In 2011, the American state of Indiana announced that its schools will no longer be required to teach cursive writing, and instead will teach “keyboard proficiency”. (Wikipedia) This caused me to think about my handwriting experiences way back then and now thus this column.
Aging has its inevitable challenges, some predictable and others that come about without any apparent cause.
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