Heaven can wait

A year's end is neither an end  nor a beginning but a going on,  with all the wisdom  that experience can instill in us.  ...

     I heard the bells on Christmas Day  Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet the words repeat  Of peace on earth, good-will...

Why does this parasitic plant remind us of romance? By Rob Dunn Baldur, grandson of the Norse god Thor, woke up one mornin...