From the earliest human records, angels have been described as mysterious beings who communicate in ways humans often ...

Whether you’re a casual admirer of birds in the backyard or a serious birdwatcher (with all the gear and ornithology apps to prove it), interacting with birds — or even just spotting them at a ...

Our world is filled with shapes and symbols that form familiar elements. One of those common geometric symbols is the circle. The circle plays a pivotal role in everyday life as tires on the cars we ...

If you take a moment to look around, you will find that our environment is a montage of geometric shapes. They are the building blocks of the world around us and are more important than we realize as ...

For Western Christians and Orthodox who follow the New Calendar (that is, most American Orthodox, but not us Old Calendar people), today is the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Here, from ...

There's much more than meets the eye when it comes to summertime flowers: a bouquet of white hydrangeas might seem like the perfect summer hostess gift, but it turns out, the gesture has a ...

Symbols are all around us in everyday life – from the green person that lights up to tell us it is safe to cross the road, to clicking on the ‘thumbs up’ icon to show that we ‘like’ something on ...

Chinese food was the international cuisine Julia Child couldn't live without, and if that isn´t reason enough to love and respect it, the rich symbolism of delicious fare hailing from China definitely ...

Each flower you gift in a beautiful bouquet or plant outside your home has meaning. Knowing the meaning behind flowers can help you decide which you'd like to gift for an occasion like a birthday, ...

SYMBOLS (amsaal) always fascinate the human intellect and imagination. While otherwise mechanical thinking fails to take note of common words and their meanings, symbols draw our attention to them.