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This week's offerings include Lisa Mitchell-Bennett's column, Tu Salud Si Cuenta! that speaks about the benefits of spending time with nature. Other offerings include letters regarding which administration is better for the country, political cults and an invitation to an event honoring military mothers for Mother's Day. In addition, a participant in recent Texas Revolutionary War reenactments describes the events.

When Garth Stevenson, a nature musician and composer, carried his 6-foot-tall double bass instrument with him to Antarctica, he had a life-changing experience when he imitated whale calls on his instrument. He ended up drawing 12 sei whales to the edge of the icebreaker where he stood making music. Having grown up in the mountains of Western Canada, Stevenson has always connected his music to nature, but this experience in Antarctica revealed the two-way connection between humans and our natural world.

When my father was many years into living with Parkinson’s disease, he had lost his speech, his ability to walk, to write, and so much more. For most of his eight decades of life he was an accomplished world traveler, author, pilot, humanitarian, anthropologist, as well as a loving husband and father. It was shocking to see him lose so much — struggling to communicate verbally and having to be fed and assisted with his most basic needs.

A lively cheer erupted from the back of the school boardroom when the motion passed, with parents and community supporters celebrating after several years of advocating for a written daily recess policy for all elementary level students in the Brownsville Independent School District. The new policy will not take effect until the 2024-25 school year and is humble in scope, with only 15 minutes of unstructured play required for students in the 3-year-old program through fifth grade. It is a step in the right direction and BISD is the second public school district in Cameron County (Harlingen CISD passed a similar policy last year) to guarantee children at least one unstructured play break during their 7 hour-plus school day.

Linear Park was bustling Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. as Brownsville-area residents came out to officially start The Challenge-RGV 2023 with the official weigh-in for competitors.

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Special to MyRGV.com It was one of the first cooler days of fall and the sky was that brilliant South Texas blue....

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett The breeze and shade under the trees on this August Wednesday evening is welcomed by the gathering group of participants in the...

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Special to MyRGV.com I was first introduced to community health workers (CHWs), also referred to in Spanish as “promotores”, when I was...

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Tu Salud Despite challenging circumstances, there are humans who are capable of finding a state of well-being even in the harshest of conditions....

Lisa Mitchell-Bennett was born in Mexico City but has lived all over the world including Peru, Costa Rica, California and Chiapas. In 1991, where...