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The Wrath of Nature Having lived many years in San Francisco, Houston, and the Alaska bush, I have personally endured the perils and damage of hurricanes, flooding, ice storms, hail storms, and earthquakes.  I have witnessed, but not experienced myself, the terrifying...

Laura Emerson The term, “Dead of Winter” sounds negative, doesn’t it?  Maybe even dire? How about the synonym, Fall, for Autumn? Actually, the cold season is as necessary and beneficial to plants as nightly sleep is to humans.  It is a period of rest and rejuvenation....

In the vibrancy of seasonal change, nature reminds us that our richest time of life is when we become seed-bearers. I turned seventy this year. The number is so inconceivable to me that I almost whisper it in my own head. How did I get here is the constant question we...