Plagued by intrusive bad thoughts, a Maryland teen turned to drugs and sex amid the women’s liberation movement of the ’70s to escape from herself. Selling herself on the streets of the U.S. capital to pay for her daily crack cocaine, guilt and shame overcame her. It was only after becoming reacquainted with God that…
From the Crack House to the State House: Woman Overcomes Addiction and Prostitution Through God’s Love
Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Christmas Celebrations
The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…
Christmas Tree Shortage Stumps Australian Holiday Celebrations
The extreme rainfall that has fallen across New South Wales in 2022 has created a supply shortage of real Christmas trees, triggering a rapid rise in the price of this Christmas tradition in Australia. This comes as Australia has been hit by its third consecutive La Nina, with Sydney experiencing its wettest October on record,…
A Guide to Gentlemanly Manners While Travelling Based On an Etiquette Manual From the 1880s
THERE is nothing that tests the natural politeness of men and women so thoroughly as traveling. We all desire as much comfort as possible and as a rule are selfish. In these days of railroad travel, when every railway is equipped with elegant coaches for the comfort, convenience and sometimes luxury of its passengers, and provided…
Women in Victorian High Society Considered Ankle-Length Hair a Sign of Feminine Beauty—Until This Happened …
In upper- and middle-class Victorian society, a lady’s hair was a mark of status and womanhood. It may be hard to fathom now, but many ladies in vintage times never cut their locks but preferred to grow them to extraordinary lengths instead. Apart from the aesthetic appeal of long, sensuous hair, voluminous tresses allowed for…
UK Painter Renders Larger-Than-Life Lions, Titanic Tigers in Exquisitely Fine Detail on Giant Canvases
British artist Julie Rhodes paints massive canvases that feature larger-than-life-size wild cats that are so realistic, the majestic beasts seem to be transported right into the room. Through her ferocious feline paintings, Rhodes hopes to instill “the feeling of being stood in the presence of a lion or a tiger for a moment in time,”…
Photographer’s Timely Shots Capture the Goofy Shenanigans of Street Cats in Japan
A patient photographer is eliciting smiles from cat lovers everywhere with his perfectly-timed photos of street cats in Japan. It took 44-year-old Masayuki Oki of Kobe City in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture some time behind the camera to fall in love with his medium. However, it wasn’t long before the social behavior and goofy antics of street…
‘I Was Cured by Not Murdering My Child’: Pregnant Mom With Cancer Turns to God, Gets Miraculously Healed
A mother diagnosed with cancer within weeks of finding out she was pregnant with her fourth child made a swift, steadfast decision: the baby’s life would come first, no matter what. Two years on, her story of faith, conviction, and survival speaks for itself. Devout Catholic Jessica Hanna and her husband, Lamar Hanna, both 39,…
Nobel Prize Winner Proves You Have a ‘GPS’ in Your Brain—But Could It Help You Find Love? Your Lost Dog?
A Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for the discovery of “an inner GPS in the brain,” but while we now know this faculty of the brain affects how we map our surroundings geographically, could it also guide us in other ways? Theories building on this discovery take us into the realm of intuition and…
VIDEO: Exotic Multi-Colored Pigeon Caught on Camera for the First Time in 140 Years in Papua New Guinea
An elusive, exotic species of spectacularly-colored pigeon has been caught on video camera for the first time after having remained unseen and undocumented by scientists for the last 140 years. This recording was followed up by an expedition and a human-to-bird close encounter of a lifetime. Last fall, a team of researchers and conservationists set…
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