About 15 years ago my Mom gave me an old ceramic Christmas tree she had made in 1979. At the time, it was the only tree I had ...

The holidays can be a difficult time, but remembering loved ones at Christmas can help ease the pain. Create new traditions ...

Maria Hernandez sits for an interview on Feb. 4, 2025, at her Hilton Head Island home as she recounts the evening when she ...

I know that the calendar tells me it’s Feb. 14 … Valentine’s Day. And if, by chance, you happen to be reading this column, it will already be Feb. 15, even though the newspaper indicates at the top of ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

Big Springs Sno Park features a collection of loops that travel through a snowy forest in the Santiam Pass winter recreation ...

The full moon ushered in the young year and an unexpected gift. Not a wrapped present strung with a fancy bow, but something memorable ahead of what felt like an ill-timed birthday. Maybe it was the ...

The names of the cubs, who will make their public debut on Sunday, will be announced in the first half of this year.

Take the “Southern Rudy Fried Chicken Sandwich,” for instance. It’s a behemoth of a sandwich featuring Dorito fried chicken ...

Grizzly bear Tim enjoys his tree enrichment at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. More than 900 Balsam fir trees used during Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Holiday Magic event are repurposed every year as mulch, ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning ... shrubby dogwoods (not the tree dogwoods), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica) and roses. Shrubs that bloom on old wood (growth from previous years ...

The "True Love" one hears in the song is not a smitten boy or girlfriend but Jesus Christ, because truly Love was born on Christmas Day. The partridge in the pear tree ... were the Old and New ...