Thriving Through the Corona Crisis: Fort Bend Strong

By Patti Parish-Kaminski – As it has worldwide, the word “Corona” or “COVID-19” has brought much change to Fort Bend.  Our vocabulary has literally been changed to include phrases, such as the “new normal,” “social distancing,” “contact tracing” and the ever-popular “elbow...

Celebrating Sugar Land’s Son Mayor Lee Duggan, Jr.

FEATURE | By Tanya Sterling – Sugar Land’s son and former mayor, Lee Manning Duggan, Jr, passed away on March 31st after living a full life filled with faith, family, ranching, farming and public service.  “One of my favorite memories was sitting in church with my dad, and he would play...

Recruiting New Members for 2020-2021 Year

The Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) recently announced the opening of its annual recruitment drive for the 2020-2021 league year. The organization is seeking women 21 and older interested in community service, fellowship and philanthropy. The League is best known for its Sugar Plum Market event,...

Your Health is Essential – Physicians Offer Tips on How to Live a Healthier, Happier Life

Focus | COVER STORY – The COVID-19 crisis has been a wake-up call, causing us to reexamine our lifestyles and to redefine what’s truly important. Many of us want our “new normal” to be better than our pre-COVID normal. And we’re resolving to take better care of ourselves and to live our lives...

April 2020 – Exclamation Points!

We’re Back! Well, not at 100%, but we’re back as much as we can be right now given our worldwide situation. As with so many businesses, the COVID-19 crisis hit us hard. We did not publish May books, and we closed completely for a few weeks. But the one thing that I have learned after living in Fort Bend...

Living the Sweet Life: Two of the 12 Virtues, the Fifth of Which is Friendship and the Sixth of Which is Magnificence

This year marks my 15th anniversary writing my column Living the Sweet Life. This year also marks my 50th birthday. As a way of reflection and remembrance, this year’s Sweet Life will be a continuous study of Aristotle’s 12 Virtues and how they are applied to my life. Well my Sweet Life readers, we have...