Smokey Mountain High

Smokey Mountain High

The air was kind of hazy when we started out, but by 10 p.m. it had grown clear. I had my guitar with me and…

Earth Laughs in Flowers

Earth Laughs in Flowers

Though it’s often been attributed to e.e. cummings, it actually appears in Hamatreya, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A slight misquote, its meaning taken out of…

A Vision of Beauty

A Vision of Beauty

I have been asked tonight to talk about a Christian vision of beauty, and I am first struck by the fact that this conversation would…

Lose weight

Lose weight

Another benefit of cutting carbs is that it lowers insulin levels, causing your kidneys to shed excess sodium and water out of your body. This…

Beautiful lantern

Beautiful lantern

Whether floating across the night sky in the hundreds, drifting gently across the water, hanging from summer trees, draped on temples to ring in the…

Blue ocean waves flowing gently

Blue ocean waves flowing gently

The most common type of marine bioluminescence is generated by phytoplankton known as dinoflagellates. A recent study co-authored by Hastings has for the first time…

Lovely red

Lovely red

Famous red rose of long stems, naturally without spines and owner of a huge button with velvety petals. Of indisputable quality this variety adapted perfectly…