6 Rail Trails for Bicycling and Bird Watching
Former rail corridors make for safe, scenic bicycle paths with opportunities to see colorful, and sometimes vocal, feathered species in the spring.
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10 Oscar Songs That Outshined Their Movies
Some Oscar-nominated songs have taken on lives of their own to become standards while the films they were from have faded from memory.
The Month of Fasting: What to Know About Ramadan
The holy month of Ramadan is more than just fasting; it’s also about reflection and community.
News of the Week: Burger Bots, Tea Animals, and Saying Goodbye to Mr. Clean
In the news of the week ending March 6, 2026, are fast food AI, Mr. Clean’s first name (you’ll never guess), and cooking with ginger ale.
A Knife at the Throat
By July the ground was hard, and the forecasted drought was well under way.
Considering History: The Groundbreaking Women of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Team
No past U.S. women’s Olympic team had a more complex and compelling story than the athletes who took part in the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
March: The Lazy Month
It used to be my favorite month, and now it might kill me.
True North: Scandal and Subterfuge in the Race to Reach the North Pole
The two men who claimed to have reached the North Pole first would stop at nothing to hold the coveted title.
Survivor Stories: Helping Children Fight Cancer with Books
A leukemia survivor uses the power of books to inspire kids fighting their own battles with cancer.
Ding, Ding!
“Do you realize this means that we are officially geezers?”
Review: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
Piecing together lovingly restored footage, director Baz Luhrmann leaves no doubt as to why, as the jacket of Elvis’s greatest hits album famously boasted, “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong.”
Sick of Being Well
A hypochondriac makes the most of Medicare.
Wingspan
Fifth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest
Floral Fantasy at the Philadelphia Flower Show
The Philadelphia Flower Show ranks as the nation’s largest, and one of the world’s most spectacular.
Considering History: Minnesota’s Black History and America’s Defining Diversity
Minnesota’s African American history highlights how much the state has always embodied diversity and the ongoing challenge of living up to our ideals of equality and justice for all.
Dad’s Three Laws
Fourth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest.