The cucumber is low in calories with no saturated fats or cholesterol; a good source of potassium and low in sodium; contains the anti-oxidants carotene, vitamin C, vitamin A; has a surprisingly high amount of vitamin K (playing a potential role in bone strength).
Bea was a card sharp. That’s how I think she earned the nickname “Diamond Bea.” She beat the boots off whomever she played with, of whatever economic level. Or maybe her efforts toward improving my dad got her the nickname: She often said my father was a diamond-in-the-rough and she had polished him.
“When I was walking down the aisle and my eyes met his, I had this cold chill, and I thought, ‘I do not want to spend the rest of my life looking at his face every morning,’ my friend Paula told me. She had expressed her misgivings to her bridesmaid the night before, but she'd been too embarrassed to step up then and say, ‘No way!’"
Maya was the most memorable speaker in that series of famous writers, not only because she was stately, with a wonderful voice, but because she danced up to the podium instead of walking.