THE  MONARCH  butterfly is known in North America for its incredible fall migration every year south and northward return home in the...

SOMETIMES,  simple is better. I've always had a hard time with that though. The more I do, the more I realize that simplicity ...

TRICK-OR-TREAT  is the well-known mantra of ghouls and goblins that show up on your doorstep on Halloween night. The sometimes hostil...

WHAT MORE could there be to the history behind the decorated tree? What's the real significance of the custom of putting presents...

Most wild oak trees are planted by jays or squirrels, which relish the acorns but bury a lot for future use and then forget to retrieve ...

THE  YEAR  I was born (1961), the song " Moon River " won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was Audrey Hepburn's t...

THE  THREE  MATRIARCHS of my life were my mother Lois Virginia (Moland), my aunt Laura Ann (Sadler) and my aunt Wilma Elizabeth (Sherril...