Their world has become a psychological desert empty of hope, and some accept this as a depressive reality. Yet as a result of the actualizing tendency, some trauma survivors see their desert start to bloom. They experience positive growth, including renewed appreciation of life, recognition of ...
out in that sunburned country we toiled and loved and wed what a proud and happy bride and groom but the hand of fate was selfish now my man and baby's son are soundly sleeping out there where the desert flowers bloom i know how hard this life is ...
when the river runs wild when the rainfall from the mountains combines with the summer melts of the snow caps and Andean glaciers. In areas of the Amazon such as the Pacaya Samiria National Park in the Iquitos region the water level can rise up to 20 metres such is the impact of the ...
I have flown a little over all parts of the world; 我飞过世界的各个角落; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. 的确,地理知识对我很有帮助。 At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. 我一眼就能分辨出中国和亚里桑那。 If one gets lost in the night, such...
It is a quiet rain. A rain that stops and starts in between lifetimes and decisions and possibilities and wishes of maybe a time when there would be no rain. But that would be silly, to have no rain. It’s the rain that brought us here. ...
Kentucky, home to the now world-famous Bourbon Trail, is full of distilleries. It's hard to imagine that any is more famous and popular than Maker's Mark. I remember touring it with friends from Maine years ago. It was one of THE places they wanted to visit when they were in the Co...
We've been hearing for years about how Illinois has been hemorrhaging so many residents that we lead the entire Midwest in outbound migration, and are one of the top three states in the entire country when it comes to population loss.
Growing milkweed is just one piece of the puzzle. To support the monarch butterfly population (as well as other pollinators), it’s important to plant other nectar-rich flowers in the garden that bloom at different times so adult monarchs have continuous food sources. After all, they’re ...
Tomatoes being coaxed into luscious red fruit, wisterias gone mad, morning glories strewn all over carless driveways, nasturtiums that will not grow in sun or shade, dirt or sand, then suddenly burst out like an Arizona sunset. Sometimes a bird appears and both dazzles and startles me. But...
a murmuration of starlings perform their traditional dance before landing to sleep near the southern Israeli city of Rahat, in the Negev desert. The dance creates what appear to be tight, transforming shapes as birds move virtually in sync wit one another, giving the impression of one cohesive,...