These flowers were found on the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Maui.  Click here for more photos.    

One day last year I realized that I was receiving catalogs faster than I could recycle them. Cabela’s, Coldwater Creek, Eddie Bauer, LL Bean, Land’s End and others seemed to know when their catalogs were no longer on the mail pile at home.I decided to keep every catalog received from...

I wandered the paths from the Schaar’s Bluff Gathering Center to the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River at Spring Lake Park Reserve in Hastings, Minn. I was worried about one of the dogs, back in California, that had just been injured and the news wasn’t sounding very good....

We watched the 2011 season’s premiere of “So You Think You Can Dance,” listening as Nathan called out his shots during the Atlanta segment. The idea was that he and his friends would match his shots with a shot from their alcoholic beverage of choice. They quickly realized...