Tag: Life & Tradition

Vietnam’s Incense Village: Beautiful Photos of Thousands of Colorful Incense Sticks

A photographer snapped a colorful series of images showing the process of incense production in Vietnam. Azim Khan Ronnie, 34, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, took the images in Hanoi where the incense sticks have been traditionally made for hundreds of years. In the photographs, Vietnamese workers can be seen surrounded by thousands of incense sticks as…


2023 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury AWD

The first thing that catches you when you approach the XT5 is the sharp lines and sweeping curves meeting jewel-like headlamps for a styling you can’t help but notice, then smile. Stellar Black Metallic exterior encloses Maple Sugar with Jet Black accents interior, and rests on 20-inch 12-spoke alloy wheels, all together making for one…


Gifts From the Hills: Some Highlights of Appalachian Literature

Let’s start with that next-to-last word of the headline. If you visit Eastern Tennessee or Western North Carolina, you’ll immediately mark yourself as an outsider if you pronounce Appalachian as Ap-pull-lay-shun. It’s Ap-pull-latch-un to those who live there, with that last syllable dropping down hard as a stone. Appalachia touches 13 states and extends from…


Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods’: What Happens When You Get What You Wish For?

NEW YORK—Every action has consequences, even if those consequences may not be felt until years later. This is the underlying message in the 1987 musical “Into the Woods,” as Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book) examine just what happens after “happily ever after.” This latest revival is moving to Broadway after a…


5 Signs of Low Testosterone

As we age, we begin to experience many different changes to our bodies and health. For men, one of these significant changes is a reduction in testosterone, which can lead to unwanted symptoms. But how can you tell if you are enduring regular changes or if they are a result of low testosterone? And if…


Book Review: ‘Go West! A Memoir for My Sons: Our Family Journey and Khmer Rouge Life Experiences’

The years following the communist Khmer Rouge takeover in April 1975 were dark ones for Cambodia. It was a cruel regime. Many were killed, died from disease, or were separated from their families. An estimated 160,000 Cambodian refugees made the perilous decision to leave their homeland and seek a new life elsewhere, perhaps in France,…


Recipe by Cherished Recipe, This Food Photographer and Podcaster Tells the Stories of People From Around the World

Food, according to Becky Hadeed, is nothing short of a daily miracle. The photographer and creator of “The Storied Recipe” podcast has long been fascinated by humanity’s relationship with it. “Food really speaks of God’s intimate love for us,” she said. “You go and you get this thing out of the ground, and it’s just…


Mindfulness in Nature: How to Really Soak It In

Our brains are like sponges. Throughout our lifetime, we process an infinite number of images, sounds, smells, tactile signals, and a huge array of emotions. From before birth to the moment we die, our brain’s gray matter is growing, changing, adapting, and processing. Each of the billions of neurons in our brain send multiple impulses…


Looking to Grow the Same Tomatoes Your Grandmother Did? Try Seed Savers Exchange

Let’s say that you want to make your grandmother’s fabulous recipe for tomato bisque, but you don’t want to use just any tomatoes. You want to grow them yourself, just as Grandma did. But Grandma always said that the tomatoes from her garden in the old country were far better than the ones she grew…


VIDEO: Baby Shares a Special Bond With the Chicks She Raises: ‘She Loves Nature’

Some people might say they’re just chickens, but 1-year-old Leo absolutely loves her fluffy friends. As she hugs them close, it’s clear she adores the little creatures, which seem quite content in her tiny, chubby arms. “For her,” said mom Soli, “it’s a friend and a way to express all of her love that she…