This is from an e-mail a friend sent me. About the account of some folks in 1911. I've heard of the Ice Bridge from New York to Ontario at the falls but have never seen it. Doesn't happen every year, but this has not happened in a long, long time.
When a young British Columbia family stopped to make camp in the Yukon wilderness they were surprised to see a scruffy dog that looked a bit like a coyote come out of the bush.
Everyone's favorite telescope in space is doing science again. And thanks to upgrades and repairs made in May, it's taking better pictures of the universe than ever before.
Oil is an expensive resource that is rapidly becoming harder to find. Eventually, we are going to have to find a new renewable fuel source to replace it. These scientists think they already have—algae.
I really had to wrestle with whether I should post this or not. I'm still a little uncomfortable, though this young man had quite an effect ont he people whose life he touched.
Today's reflection has three separate voices: One, the Voice of our Lord; two, the voice our own thought processes, finally three, the voice of a prayer between ourselves and our creator. The Voice of our LordMy CHILD, My loyal follower is not rebellious at the unpleasant thin …
The 32nd annual Antique Boat Show and Raceboat Reunion will be held from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday at the Buffalo Launch Club on Grand Island.
I had the pleasure to visit Fassnight Park in Springfield, Mo. this weekend for the first time in over 30 years and let me tell you it was like I had returned to my childhood.
Wearing a doggie lifejacket nearly as big as her, tiny 2 1/2-pound Mojito dipped her pink-painted toenails into Fassnight Pool and didn't seem quite sure what to make of the experience.
Hawking a monthly newspaper written by Nashville's homeless and formerly homeless may seem to offer an unlikely path to stability, especially at a time when media companies across the U.S. are suffering.
It's a happy ending for a racehorse whose luck seemed to have run out. He was injured and sick -- but a year later he is a gorgeous chestnut who is likely to portray the great Secretariat in a film about that champion.
Yazoo County Sheriff Tommy Vaughan knew how it ended, but he said there still was plenty of drama in watching the school bus security tape.
There's no better way to motivate elementary students than a first grade teacher rockin' out on keyboard and a fourth grade teacher air-strumming a bright pink electric guitar.
George Ouellette may be retired after 40 years as a salesman, but he still works up to six or seven hours per day walking through parks, hillsides, along busy roads and even rummaging through garbage cans to collect cans and bottles to help create smiles for children in need.
Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet.
So over here I posted my last writing exercise. To wit: The concept is simple - write a fictional story in which each paragraph begins with a new letter - the catch is it must begin with the subsequent letter in the alphabet.
This weekend WordsPerSWade, Lilyrose who is my Sister, and I went on an adventure to a Butterfly House located in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Mo. Let me tell you it is a very magical place!
Cross-Lines Community Outreach in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kan. received a champion donation Tuesday morning.
September 3, 2009 The Moon will be full at 11:03 a.m. CDT tomorrow. It is known as the Fruit Moon or Corn Moon. Most years, September's full Moon is also the Harvest Moon. This year, however, it's too far from the fall equinox, so October's full Moon gets the honor.
Not many kids give away presents on their own birthdays, but 6-year-old Ella Coleman hopes to start a trend.
I'm running behind on a bunch of projects so it looks like I'm barely going to get in under the wire for good news Wednesday, well depending on your location because in some places I'm still quite early. Yes, you read that right, Friday I was Father of the Bride.
Most chefs would spend months sharpening their knives and practicing their sautéing skills for the chance to work in the kitchen of world-famous restauranteur Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bistro, in California's luxurious Napa Valley.
Took the girls on Saturday to their first circus. A few anecdotes: They went to the pre-show (seeing up close clowns and dancers and acrobats and such) and then returned to our great seats then asked if it was time to go soon.
Two young boys from Rogersville have been chosen as recipients of Kids Wish Network's "Hero of the Month Award" program by Cox Health Systems Hospital.