Lifestyles
Flowering Tobacco Plants Make Scents
By Wes Porter | March 29, 2020
Jasmine Tobacco, Persian Tobacco, Sweet Tobacco, Tanbaku, even Winged Tobacco
Fear is the Opposite of Faith
By Dr. Robert R. Owens | March 26, 2020
Faith is the answer. Prayer is the key. Why worry when you can pray?
The Day I Drew Out Leviathan
By Jimmy Reed | March 25, 2020
Largemouth bass, Fishing
K-12: The Most Appalling Things About Today’s Students
By Bruce Deitrick Price | March 23, 2020
Teach basic skills. Teach foundational knowledge. Just as important, teach responsibility and self-discipline
Mary Emily Eaton, English Botanical Artist
By Wes Porter | March 22, 2020
Many of her paintings are at the British Museum of Natural History; her water colours are also part of the permanent collections of the National Geographic Society, The New York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution.
DIOCESAN PRIEST: ‘My Church Stays Open…PERIOD!’
By News on the Net -- The Remnant Video | March 20, 2020
Bottom line, Holy Mother Church must see to her own and continue to provide solace, sanctuary and sacraments during this crisis.
Detecting aromas in aged cognac
By American Chemical Society | March 17, 2020
Researchers have identified several compounds that contribute to aged cognac’s aroma
Tiger Lilies
By Wes Porter | March 15, 2020
Despite folklore, sniffing a Tiger Lily flower will not cause freckles. It may, though, like all lilies by fatal to felines
Blasted, Blitzed, Bombed Boys Among Baptists
By Jimmy Reed | March 15, 2020
Paul VI: Saint or Sinner?
By David Martin | March 13, 2020
Dig That Garden!
By Wes Porter | March 8, 2020
Given the work involved, double digging is largely a thing of the past. Little wonder that some gardeners throw in the trowel
You Might Not Get There
By Jimmy Reed | March 6, 2020
“Be careful if you don’t know where you’re going. Otherwise: You might not get there.”
God’s Winning Odds
By Bob Burdick | March 5, 2020
My faith in Christ, on the other hand, is anchored in the knowledge that there's no real chance I could be wrong
Composted Manure May Contain Antibiotics
By Wes Porter | March 1, 2020
Questions We’re Often Asked: Snowdrops
By Wes Porter | February 28, 2020
Follow Up . . . A Room with a Coo
By Wes Porter | February 26, 2020
Pigeons
The Patented, Pink, Plastic, Pearly-Eyed Wobbler
By Jimmy Reed | February 26, 2020
“You got suckered, boy. Now we both know what caught you: the patented, pink, plastic, pearly-eyed wobbler.”
The Fabulous Upas Tree: Fact and Fiction
By Wes Porter | February 25, 2020
What awaits the unwary traveller in today's tropical rainforests walks on two legs with larcenous intent
Cape Primrose
By Wes Porter | February 22, 2020
There on the Knysna estate of George Rex he discovered the first of the 'Streps' growing in rocky outcrops on the south coast of the Cape Colony.
Lundy the chihuahua and Herman the pigeon
Today Was Yo’ Day
By Jimmy Reed | February 15, 2020
When the dust finally settled, those witnessing the disaster crept closer, and peering through shattered glass, saw four men, pale as ghosts, clinging to each other
Puzzling Pansies and Violas
By Wes Porter | February 15, 2020
"The difference between a Pansy and a Viola is a question that puzzles many a garden-lover who is not enlightened by the statement that while all Pansies are really Violas, not all Violas are suitable for classification as Pansies"
Show Pieces: Swing-Jazz-Rock
By Bob Hoye | February 13, 2020
Share a few extended recordings with dynamic riffs from the 1930s to the 1980s
50th Anniversary Edition of the Richters Catalogue
By Wes Porter | February 8, 2020
So Long, Stealing Starling!
By Jimmy Reed | February 7, 2020
“With ruffled feathers and glaring eyes, she squawked: ‘So long, stealing starling!’”
Don’t Burn Your Library
By Bob Burdick | February 5, 2020
The good news is we do not have to allow our library to burn at our passing, not if we’ve taken the time to leave a bit of ourselves in our writing.
I wanted to like Terminator: Dark Fate, and it certainly isn't a complete piece of garbage. But what a waste of potential – and in the end it's pointless