Aided by hospice staff, a dying woman had the chance to see her beloved horse and two dogs one last time as the precious pets were brought to her bedside. “Following her arrival at the hospice, our care team soon discovered that patient Jan Holman had some very special friends in her life, and following…
Dying Woman Bids Beloved Horse and Dogs Goodbye as Hospice Staff Bring Them to Her Bedside
Police Officer’s Selfie ‘Photobombed’ by Smiling Alligator Stuck in Storm Drain in Florida
Where else but in Florida? A Palm Bay police officer with a passion for wildlife managed to snap a selfie with a “smiling” alligator when she was called about the reptile being trapped in a concrete storm drain. Officer Woronka, 39, was called to the neighborhood on Edgewood Drive in the early morning of Sept….
Minestrone in October: An Ode to the Autumn Garden
“Do I taste pears in this?” My neighbor was, shall we say, intrigued. Yes, I did put chunked-up pears in the minestrone we were having on a chilly, fusty early-October night at my place, Owl Feather Farm. I have two century-old homestead pear trees at the farm; they produce palm-sized hard pears, sweet but tempered…
2021 Nissan Armada Platinum 4WD
The new Nissan Armada is more capable while providing superb technology, premium styling, and comfort. Connectivity is addressed with Wireless Apple CarPlay Integration, Android Auto, plus Door to Door Navigation and Bluetooth Hands-Free Phone System. Inside, a contemporary, redesigned interior offers simplified everyday usage and enhanced experience for the occupants. The redesigned center stack is…
This 3-Cheese White Lasagna Is Pure Comfort
If creamy pasta makes you weak in the knees, white lasagna is going to be right up your alley. You’ve got to try it. Unlike lasagnas made with marinara, here, you won’t find a drop of red sauce in sight. You’ll find layers of hearty pasta, ricotta, mozzarella, Italian sausage crumbles, and an entire pound…
6 Reasons to Feel More Hopeful
The rollercoaster of the past few years has left even the most optimistic among us struggling to feel hopeful from time to time. Though it seems that crises come one after another these days and the future appears uncertain, if you look carefully, you’ll find a number of reasons, big and small, to have hope….
History Is on the Menu at ‘Hemings & Hercules’ Dinners
The first thing you need to know about the “Hemings & Hercules” dinner at Post and Beam in Los Angeles is that it’s an eight-course tour de force of open-air, wood-fire, cast-iron cookery dedicated to two of America’s first celebrity chefs—James Hemings and Hercules Posey. The second thing you need to know is that both…
A Gentle Reminder to Think Righteously: ‘Temptation of Sir Percival’
Achieving great things often means passing great tests. Our tests frequently deal with overcoming some type of hardship, and some of our greatest hardships are those in which our character is tempted. The “Temptation of Sir Percival,” a work by English painter Arthur Hacker, depicts a moment of temptation from the book “Le Morte d’Arthur”…
A Sea of Stars: Dark Sky Designations Recognize Places That Preserve the Darkness of Night
I pulled into the Newport State Park parking lot in Door County, Wisconsin, a few hours after the late fall sunset when there wasn’t a soul around. The park along the shore of Lake Michigan was as dark as midnight, I thought, until my eyes adjusted to the world without headlights, and then what I…
Photographer Captures Terrified Lion Chased Up Tree by Herd of 100 Angry Buffalo in Kenya
What a scaredy-cat! This lion was caught on camera racing up a tree to escape from a herd of buffalo that had him outnumbered by a lot. Neelutpaul Barua, 39, from Mumbai, India, snapped photos of that so-called king of the jungle in quite a predicament while on a tour in Lake Nakuru National Park,…
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