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A cactus flowering in a pot in my mom’s Arizona back yard. There is beauty in the desert. But to see it, you have to...

I’ve already written here and in other places about the close-knit Eistnaflug festival that drew me (and about 200 other foreigners) to a remote fjord...

A recurring theme in The Lord of the Rings is the quest that one accepts in ignorance – no hobbit could undertake to destroy the...

I was introduced to Juliet Marillier’s Daughter of the Forest by the fabulous Felicia Day and her Vaginal Fantasy Bookclub. But I don’t know how...

Now it is winter solstice, but my neighborhood is best known for its celebration of the summer solstice. Here is a float from the annual...