Cheryl E Preston

We have heard all of our lives of the importance of fresh air and sunshine being healthy. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has many people sequestered inside of airtight walls. The health benefits of fresh air and sunshine which are considered as nature's antibiotics might be more important now than ever. A phrase to consider from Live Healthy website is: “The First Wealth is Health,” Are you prepared for the next disaster or storm? " Prior to the coronavirus, my husband and I would take our three grandchildren to various local parks. While they played on the swings, slides, and merry go round we would walk. We would spend at least an hour , two or three times a week in the park and always felt good when we returned home.

If you were watching television during the 1960s and 1970s or look at the oldies networks now, you probably have at least once heard the phrase "This is a Quinn Martin Production," or "This is a QM Production". This is because Martin was the man behind some of the most popular television programs that aired. He established his own production company, QM Productions in 196o, and began producing a string of successful television series, These include Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, The F.B.I., The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, Barnaby Jones, and The Invaders.

On The Young and the Restless, it’s difficult to determine whether it is Summer or Kyle who is displaying more immaturity. On the eve of their elopement, he was texting Lola. Summer saw the messages and ran away. He should have used a little wisdom and she should have nipped this in the bud. All she had to do was talk to him but instead, she might now have initiated their downfall. Summer hired someone to tail Kyle and in the meantime, she is hiding in plain sight in Genoa City. Everyone thinks she is out of town thinking about her relationship, except Faith who ran into her at Chancellor Park.

On the afternoon of April 4, 2014, my husband and I were driving home from the Radford Virginia area. We were on Intersate. 81 near the exit for Salem Virginia. Just before we got near an overpass I noticed something strange in the sky. It looked like two white sheets positioned to appear like ghosts. I was intrigued, as I do not believe real spirits look like the image that Hollywood has given us. The reason white sheets are associated with departed spirits began in England in the 17th century. The British buried their dead in white linen shrouds so it was assumed when the dead came back they would be wearing their burial clothing. White sheets representing ghosts became popular in America when the Ku Klux Klan put them on to frighten the newly freed slaves after they were set free in 1865. They knew the African Americans believed in ghost tales so they took full advantage.

The Bad Seed is a black and white 1956 American psychological horror-thriller film. It stars Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, and Eileen Heckart. The film is based upon the 1954 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, which in turn is based upon William March's 1954 novel The Bad Seed. Patty McCormick portrays eight year old Rhoda who has blonde pigtails and is always wearing a dress and patent leather shoes. She comes across as sugar and spice but she is definitely not everything nice. Rhoda becomes enraged when a classmate named Claude wins a medal that she believes she deserves and this is the beginning of all the trouble.

A promo for this week on The Young and the Restless shows Elena crying as she is telling Devon that she slept with Nate. Ms. Dawson seems to be in tears in almost every episode lately so let's hope something works out in her favor that will put a smile on her face. The next scene in the promo shows Neil's son with guns blazing reaching out to punch his cousin with his fist. Monday's Y&R episode was devoted to the Abbotts dealing with Dina's death and Summer stalking Kyle. The brawl between Devona and Nate will probably come on Tuesday or later in the week.