There are Signs…by Beverly Hicks Burch

There are Signs…
By Beverly Hicks Burch
I know I mentioned temperatures have been in the lower to mid 80’s the past few days. Keep is mind this is the South…wait just a minute and the weather can change…we live with a real mixed bag of weather tricks.
Just two weeks ago a “potent” storm was bearing down [...]

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in My Hair – The Slide Show, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in
My Hair
The Slide Show
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Well, here it is…more in depth view of the storm damage…and yes, the AFTER!!! Thank goodness for that. I thought it would never happen.

I’m happy to say the roof is fixed, the cracked trusses replaced, the fence mended and the water damage [...]

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in My Hair – Part 3, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in
My Hair
Part 3
By Beverly Hicks Burch

Microburst. A pretty innocuous sounding word, isn’t it? It almost sounds like one of those little particles in a good face scrub that exfoliates you face of dead skin cells. “Our product contains thousands of little microburst that will slough off dead skin [...]

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in My Hair, Part Two, By Beverly Hicks Burch

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in
My Hair
Part Two
By Beverly Hicks Burch

If you missed Part One…you can catch it here…

For years I was my family’s advanced warning system when it came to storms…in other words it took me a while to recover from the experience of Memorial Day Weekend 1973…the tornado that hit [...]

Elephants on the Roof…or Storm in My Hair – Part One, by Beverly Hicks Burch

Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in
My Hair
Part One
By Beverly Hicks Burch

We all carry genetic markers in our DNA, the basic building block of who and what we are. One of the basic scientific uses of these markers is to use them in the study of inherited diseases, for example hemophilia.

Another use [...]

Close Encounters of the Kansas Kind, by Beverly Hicks Burch

I grew up in Alabama. What most people don’t realize or associate with Alabama is inclement weather. Alabama the beautiful is a Gulf Coast state with white sandy beaches that are caressed by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The foothills of the Appalachian Mountain chain meanders into the northeastern part of the [...]