Spring is in the air. There’s more daylight and warm sunshine to go around, birds are chirping away, and buds are beginning to appear. Back in January, when it was cold and dark and we were still recovering from the holidays, many of us laid out a vision for the new year ahead, defined some…
The Enigmatic Caves of Ajanta
March 20, 2022
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In the remote Indian wilderness, miles from the small town of Ajanta, ancient man-made caves sit nearly 250 feet above a valley stream. It is the type of wondrous destination Westerners would expect to see in an adventurous Indiana Jones movie. Far from fictional however, the mysterious Ajanta Caves are a sacred complex of temple…
Sistine Ceiling’s Prophets and Sibyls Ponder Heaven’s Message
March 20, 2022
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The musty smell of lime plaster fills the air just under the chapel’s ceiling. The artist works quickly on each section of the fresco as he stands on a scaffold platform 68 feet above the floor. Along the perimeter of the high barrel vault of the Sistine Chapel, Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti paints 12 prophetic…
Mom Gives Birth to 16th Baby, and Each Child’s Name Begins With ‘C’ for a Special Reason
When a North Carolina couple welcomed their 16th child, they were stuck for what to name him. With their family tradition being to give their kids names beginning with the letter “C,” they were running out of ideas. Patty, 40, and Carlos Hernandez, 39, settled and enjoying life in the city of Charlotte, welcomed their new arrival…
Preston Sturges: Master of Comical Mayhem
March 19, 2022
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Critic James Agee called him “the most gifted American working in film.” A 1940s Vogue article claimed that his name was more familiar to moviegoers than Lubitsch or Hitchcock. Yet today, everyone knows Hitchcock but far fewer remember the man who, in only four years, wrote and directed seven of Hollywood’s most sparkling and original…
2022 Ram 1500 Limited Crew Cab
The new Ram 1500 is built to be durable and loaded with advanced technology. It drives admirably while flexing 12,750 pounds of towing muscle and 2,300 pounds of payload hauling prowess. The ride in the Ram 1500 is the most comfortable in the pickup trucks I’ve driven this year. The secret lies in the suspension…
Aesop’s Fables: The Stag and His Reflection
A stag, drinking from a crystal spring, saw himself mirrored in the clear water. He greatly admired the graceful arch of his antlers, but he was very much ashamed of his spindling legs. “How can it be,” he sighed, “that I should be cursed with such legs when I have so magnificent a crown.” At…
VIDEO: Man Builds Special Home for Grandma, Takes Care of Her Until She Passes Away
Wanting his beloved grandmother under the same roof as him in her final years, a Florida man built a special wing of his new home to suit her needs. He revealed the surprise to his grateful grandma on a drive-by viewing and shared the moving footage on social media. Matthew Stewart, 37, gave his grandmother…
Reviewing 2021, Part 3: What Is the Meaning of My Life?
Why does existence exist? This is the first spiritual question we asked (in Part 2 of this series). The answer: because creation—the cosmos—is good, very good, and the correct response to it is joy. But there are two other spiritual questions we now need to consider. The first of these, to be discussed here in…
The Return of Spring and 2 Versailles Masterpieces
Spring is near. “Spring it is that clothes the glades and forests with leaves … and the meadows ungirdle to Zephyrus’s (the West Wind’s) balmy breeze; the tender moisture avails for all,” wrote Virgil in his “Georgics.” The Palace of Versailles couldn’t have picked a more apt time to exhibit one of the last masterpieces…
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