Faith

While most flowers bloom only in the day, some bloom only at night. The night blooming Cereus is the most well known example. The flower called Four O'clock opens in the late afternoon. Moon flowers unfold at dusk and close with the first rays of the morning sun. But Lilies remain open night and day. Is this the reason the lily has...

Contentment

In 1991 writer Rick Bragg published an article in the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) newspaper about Miami's homeless. He interviewed a group that lived under the Interstate 395 overpass. They lived in makeshift shelters formed from cardboard boxes and put their mattresses on the dusty ground. They were fed and clothed...