Strolling through a glass paneled showroom brimming with greenery, flowers, and sunlight would be a pleasure any time of year, but it is an especially welcome activity during the final days of winter. During the months of February and March, the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis holds their annual orchid show. With an estimated […]
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The rugged portion of coastline in northwest Italy known as Cinque Terre is not the easiest to reach, but it is certainly easy to love. The Cinque Terre (meaning five lands) region includes five remote villages which are terraced into the steep landscape and cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Unreachable by car, residents and visitors
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A month ago my days were relatively quiet and peaceful. Now, not so much. Naturally a slow riser, I like to lay awake in bed and let the sun get up first. But now, the sun and I whisper a sleepy “good morning” to each other as I scoop poop off the wet morning grass.
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Peace is scattered like breadcrumbs up the Oregon coast. Stop at any state visitor center, and the receptionists will enthusiastically circle its varied locations on an area map. They do not specifically tell you serenity resides here and there, but you can see it on their faces as they gesture and describe the points of
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A week ago 16 year-old Hunter Gandee and his younger brother, Braden, walked across an epic finish line at Michigan’s Capitol in the city of Lansing. Together, the two had journeyed 111 miles to raise awareness for cerebral palsy, a condition 9 year-old Braden was diagnosed with at the age of 1. What is really
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