Opinion
New year celebrations have changed throughout history
New Year’s Day is a festival observed in most of the world on Jan. 1, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. Jan. 1 is also...
Battle rages on between Orion, Taurus
My family traditionally walks the neighborhood during the Christmas season to view the holiday lighting. On clear nights, my eyes inevitably wander up...
Christmas is season of paradoxes
According to Google, a paradox is defined as “a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explai...
Famous battles fought during Christmastime
For the most part, we look at Christmas as a holiday for peace and family gatherings. Unfortunately, Christmas and other holidays are times during war...
Cards, concerts and Christmas greetings
It isn’t every day that you receive a very unusual Christmas card. But this year I did. On the very first day of this month of December, I recei...
Symphony brings joy to the world
Over the last few years, the nation has seen much upheaval, pain and death. But one thing has remained constant: the annual holiday concert of the Cen...
Beginner’s guide to observing with holiday telescope
You’ll never feel more like Santa than when you buy a child a telescope for Christmas. You’ll never feel more like the Grinch when you ste...
Hogs seem to have forgotten manners at Stratford
The winds were gusting at 45-50 MPH on Saturday, Dec.11, at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. No one was walking in the woods, as the possi...
Origins of world’s most famous reindeer
“That’s what makes it so grand. You should be lucky to have a nose like that!”— Clarice, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...
What happened to loving thy neighbor?
It was a five-hour layover in the Atlanta Airport. To pass the time, we casually watched the endless stream of travelers hurrying by.Shoes caught our ...
