I love this analogy! You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? “Because someone bumped into me!!!” Wrong answer. You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there […]

Born in California, George Carmack led a restless life before stumbling into legend. In 1882, while serving as a seaman aboard the USS Wachusetts, he abandoned ship in Juneau, Alaska, chasing the dream of gold. By 1887, he had crossed the brutal Chilkoot Pass, befriended the Tagish people, and married Kate, a relative of a […]

“My brother and I were both placed into foster homes at a young age. He was lucky—he went to a family called the Ripleys. I went through four different homes in three years, and each one was worse than the next. I’d get to see my brother every few months. Ms. Ripley would take us […]

She holds him gently—almost desperately—as if her paws are trembling at the thought of losing this tiny miracle. In her eyes, there’s a flicker of fear mixed with love: this time, she doesn’t want to let go. This mother dog has just given birth. This tiny being, still blind, fragile, and vulnerable, is the first […]

Giovanni Strazza had an incredibly rare artistic gift. His masterpiece, “The Veiled Virgin,” carved from flawless Carrara marble, is one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of sculpture. Strazza’s skill with the “wet drapery” technique continued the tradition of earlier Italian sculptors like Giuseppe Sanmartino, who, a century before, created mesmerizing marble veils—best […]