Jellyfish are, like the mythical Medusa, both beautiful and potentially dangerous. Found from pole to tropic, these mesmeric creatures form an important part of the sea's plankton and vary in size from the gigantic to the minute. Perceived as alien creatures and seen as best avoided, jellyfis...
The argument eventually lost its draw for me, though. I’m not a warrior. I rarely fight. I have little interest in machismo. I don’t like conflict, have little interest in competition, and I don’t like defeating people—even in approved ways. When I played basketball in my teens, ...
oThere are horned creatures played by masked dancers – in Rodanthe it’s “Old Buck” the mythical bull. Old Buck is either touched as he’s led around by a masked handler (while causing silly chaos) or ridden for luck or fertility. At Abbots Bromley, it’s ‘horned dancers’ and dan...
Gummy worms cleverly morphordinary cupcakesinto legendary treats. Writhing serpents encircle Medusa's face, but the mythical creatures on these spooky cupcakes will turn guests gleeful, not stony. To make: Frost a cupcake withchocolate frosting. ...
No one wants to be friends with Andie because no one wants to draw Myrtle’s wrath. But two people come into Andie’s life. There’s the new boy in school, Newton, who is just as much an outcast as Andie, except that he doesn’t seem to notice or care, and the new neighbor ...