Posts from 2026 (Page 2)

Giving Up Too Soon

LightGramsJanuary 22, 2026Volume 30, Number 4 “Giving Up Too Soon” The paramedics did their best, but they couldn’t revive 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp. A doctor pronounced the time of death, but he did it over the phone; he had not examined the patient in person. A little while later a worker at the funeral home to…

Shoes Without Feet

LightGramsJanuary 15, 2026Volume 30, Number 3 The Beach Academy in south Wales launched a good work not long ago: They aimed to clean debris from the rock pools of Ogmore by Sea Beach. Similar efforts are conducted in our own community as volunteers take time to pick up trash along the shores of our lakes…

Find My Bear

LightGramsJanuary 8, 2026Volume 30, Number 2 Airports are busy places with travelers dashing to make connections and staff processing passengers and luggage on tight timelines. It was a surprise, therefore, when the Norfolk (VA) International Airport posted on their social media site an appeal for help in finding someone. A teddy bear had been discovered…

Hold The Slop

LightGramsJanuary 1, 2026Volume 30, Number 1 Growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, I knew about slop. It referred to table scraps that had been tossed into a bucket and delivered to the hogs that my father raised. Once it landed in the bucket, that food matter was no longer fit for human consumption,…