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Friends who live in Michigan drove to New England for the holidays. A thousand miles of snow disappeared when they came down the mountain in...

An 89-year-old neighbor waters her Christmas tree every day with boiling water. By February ( February? ), her tree is sprouting new growth....

On Christmas Eve, i volunteered to be the "inn keeper" at a homeless shelter in the church in town that hosts the nativity scene i...

Green plants are still growing in the winter garden. While rivers and streams are frozen hard enough to skate on, and therefore the water mo...

I like to celebrate Winter Solstice. At this darkest time of year, i'm famished for light. So i string Christmas lights on the various e...

The Yard Magician came in early July to edge my flowerbeds. I was making the extra effort to prettify my garden because a wedding would soon...