Catherine Lee

2 days ago | alextimes.com | Catherine Lee

Catherine Lee. (Courtesy photo) By Catherine M. Lee, LCSWLoss comes in many forms, and it usually comes as an unwelcome surprise. We can be faced with overwhelming feelings that are confusing and difficult to bear. It is helpful to appreciate that loss is a normal part of our human experience that we will all face at some point in time. It can also be helpful to develop an understanding of grief, our normal reaction to loss. What is grief? Most experts in the field agree that grief is love.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Catherine Lee

Image source, Jill BewleyImage caption, Hartley Trotter is still growing damsons at the age of 86BBC News, North East and CumbriaWith their white blossoms blowing in the breeze, damson trees mark spring across the south of Cumbria. For those living here, they are not just a beautiful sight but a reminder of a once-thriving industry using the fruit. While in decline for decades, there are hopes of a resurgence.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Catherine Lee

Rare 16th Century wall paintings have been revealed at a former Tudor hunting lodge. The Grotesque-style images were found behind failing plasterwork at The Ashes, in Inglewood Forest, near Ivegill, CumbriaThey feature fantastical beasts and foliage arranged in decorative panels, thought to be an imitation textile design. In addition, scientific dating has confirmed that some of the earliest timbers in the building date from the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Catherine Lee |Adam Powell

Geordie dreams have come true after Newcastle United won the league cup. The Magpies beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. The last trophy for the club was the old Fairs Cup in 1969, but the 1955 FA Cup was the club's last domestic success. Thousands had made the trip to London for the game, with crowds in Newcastle also following play from the city centre fan zone and other pubs across the city.

1 month ago | journalgazette.net | Catherine Lee

Taxing the rich is hardly a new idea, though it hasn’t been in vogue since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Now is the time to bring it back. Taxing the rich solves so many problems. It does no harm to anyone, not even the rich. They will still be rich or close to rich. Taxing the rich alleviates so much preventable pain and suffering for the non-rich. If we tax the rich, all the arbitrary, ill-considered cuts, causing so much pain to so many valued and needed programs, can stop.