News

The Traumatic Event of a Grandchild’s Death by Suicide

Posted by admin on

My 15-year-old grandson died by suicide six weeks ago. At 3pm, six weeks ago, I was wondering how many of the delicious cookies that I’d just baked I could eat. By 5pm, my whole world had changed for ever. To say life is now difficult is a complete understatement. To say friends, colleagues and family members want to help and support me is completely true. But some of the time some of them get it wrong, even though they mean well. Some of the time I can see they are terrified of making a mistake and adding to my pain....

Read more →


A Late Return – Table tennis à la carte By Bill Rees

Posted by admin on

The excitement of training at a sport, improving, and then finally winning, is a bug which many people find irresistible. Of course there are hundreds of sports to choose from. The author’s sport of choice is table tennis, or as they say in France ping-pong. Bill Rees had been living and working in the south of France for ten years, as a bookseller in beautiful Montpellier. Though not having played table tennis for many years, his interest in the sport was rekindled by an article he read in L’Équipe newspaper whilst sitting in a café. Childhood memories rapidly came flooding...

Read more →


Chicago Kids Weekend Events: Jun. 18-20

Posted by admin on

Hold up. . . . let us catch our breath. We’re feeling a little lightheaded thinking about the whirlwind weekend we planned for you. An exhibit all about butterflies and beautiful flowers, a Pride-themed popup, fun days spent at the water park. There’s more, but we’ll let you do the reading and planning while we nap. Get out there and make it a good one, Chicago! photo: Chicago Botanic Garden Fill Your Day with Butterflies and Blooms Chicago Botanic Garden’s exhibit allows visitors to immerse themselves in a habitat filled with hundreds of winged beauties and pretty petals. Fri.-Sun. Event details....

Read more →


5 Best Home Gyms under $500 – No More Need in a Costly Gym Membership!

Posted by admin on

Choosing a new home gym is no easy task. There are dozens of machines available but they don’t all give you the full-body workout you may be looking for. Thankfully, we’ve done much of the work for you, so you can choose the best home gym machine under $500 to get the results you want. To create our list of the five top models on the market, we looked at some important features. First, we considered which exercises each model was designed for, to ensure you can target every muscle possible in one machine. We made sure that the bike...

Read more →


Famistar Exercise Bike Indoor Cycling Stationary Bike only $169.99

Posted by admin on

Super Hot Get Famistar Exercise Bike Indoor Cycling Stationary Bike with 28.6Lbs Flywheel (Red) for only $169.99. Tagged as: Famistar01-Red | Famistar01Red | 726962337618 | Fitness Click here for complete deal detail and steps on how to get it. Share this deal with your friend/family by sending them this URL: https://www.edealinfo.com/d/00726962337618/Famistar-Exercise-Bike-Indoor-Cycling-Stationary-Bike-with Checkout eDealPC.com to find best deals on Laptop, Desktop & All-in-One configurations that YOU select directly from Dell, Lenovo and HP. Click here to check it out. #Fitness

Read more →