Tag: Life & Tradition

Japanese Artist, ‘Cardboard Girl,’ Transforms Old Cardboard Boxes Into Incredible Sculptures

Spurred by her love of movies, dramas, and anime culture, a Japanese artist has carved a unique career repurposing old cardboard boxes into incredible sculptures. Born in Wakayama Prefecture and now living in Tokyo, Monami Ohno, 29, graduated from Osaka University of Arts having trained in animation. Monami, who has adopted “Cardboard Girl” as her…


Adorable Baby Boy Born With a Head Full of Stunning Dark Hair Loves a Daily Blow-Dry

An adorable newborn baby boy born with a full head of fluffy hair needs a daily blow-dry and has already snapped up five modelling jobs in less than a year. The 2-year-old Reign Butler, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, was born at 36 weeks and amazed midwives, who couldn’t believe how much hair he had…


These Chocolate Chip Scones Will Satisfy Your Cookie Cravings

These chocolate chip scones are the ideal breakfast treat: They’re flaky, moist, and not too sweet. Think of them as a marriage of cream scones and chocolate chip cookies, complete with the tender texture you love in scones and the melt-in-your-mouth chocolate that comes with a great cookie. Serve them warm from the oven, with…


Easy Swaps to Give Your House an Instant Upgrade

Sometimes the simplest decorating swaps can yield the biggest returns. These one-hit-wonder changes will invigorate your spaces with minimal effort on your part. But be forewarned: One swap may make you want to do another … and another. But that’s what makes decorating fun, right? Pillows Swap standard-issue pillows for something with personality. Ditch the…


A 500-Year Debate: Giorgione’s ‘The Tempest’

In Mark Helprin’s novel “A Soldier of the Great War,” we meet Alessandro Giuliani, a young Italian studying philosophy and aesthetics. The Great War—World War I—upends his plans for a career as a professor contemplating art and beauty, and we follow him through battles, imprisonment and near execution by his own army, and capture by…


Practical Life Skills You Can Teach Your Kids Through Homeschooling

As dedicated homeschooling parents, your goal is to ensure your kids receive a well-balanced education. As loving parents, you look beyond academics. You strive to equip your kids with the essential life skills they’ll need to grow and mature into thriving, independent adults. Thankfully, homeschooling gives you the freedom to incorporate practical life skills lessons…


Organize Your Travel Photos This Simple Way

Experts predict that in 2021 people around the world will take about 1.4 trillion photographs, many of them while traveling. That estimate, by the digital imaging consulting firm Keypoint Intelligence, includes me—and probably you. The big question is: What will you do with those photos—and the ones you’ve taken before? The answers usually include throwing…


Boy Bereft After Bullies Smash His Guitar—Until NJ Police Officer Gifts His Own as Replacement

After a 9-year-old boy and his parents appeared at their local police station to report that the boy’s guitar had been smashed by bullies, one officer went above and beyond—he gifted the devastated boy his very own guitar. Patrol Officer Andrew Skae from Hawthorne, New Jersey, was on duty on Aug. 28 when his colleague…


Texas Artist Uses Rusty Scrap Metal to Create Longhorn Bull, Horses, and Other Big Beasts

A former church pastor-turned-artist has spent a lifetime living in different U.S. states working in different trades but now calls Texas home. For years, he’s been building colossal sculptures out of old, rusty metal—combining a Western motif and a penchant for big beasts to create life-sized longhorn bulls, grandiose horses, bears, and buffalo. The 64-year-old metal…


Morgan Freeman Spurns ‘Defunding Police,’ Says: ‘Most of Them Are Guys That Are Doing Their Job’

Legendary American actor Morgan Freeman, while talking about his upcoming movie “The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain,” took the opportunity to express that he rejects the notion of “defunding the police.” While talking to Black Enterprise magazine’s Selena Hill in early October, the 84-year-old actor clarified, “I’m not the least bit for defunding the police. Police work…