Category: Bright

Brave Books: Traditional Children’s Books With Pizzazz

Today’s adults are often confronted with hostile ideas toward our culture and may need help navigating young children through these challenging times. For those wanting to reinforce their traditional values, Brave Books may be one way to help. Brave Books has created alternative books to the current progressive agenda. Each book teaches traditional values that…


6 Best Luxury Wellness Resorts in America

In our fast-paced lives, stress has become the norm, taking its toll on even the strongest of us. Here are six rejuvenating retreats for a much-needed reset. Love Letter to Provence Surrounded by vineyards and lavender fields, the Provence-inspired Cal-a-Vie Health Spa in Vista, California is filled with historical pieces, including a genuine chapel and…


Italian Pasta Salad

View the print-ready version of this recipe. What I Love About This Recipe: The Dressing – The simple homemade Italian Pasta Salad dressing is quick to make with pantry ingredients and really sets this pasta salad apart from the rest. EVERYONE loves it! Talk about a crowd pleaser; all ages love this zesty Italian Pasta Salad! Make Ahead and Travel…


What Red Flags Should I Look out For?

By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Nearly all contracting jobs go smoothly. You hire them, they do the work, you pay them, everyone moves on happily. Nonetheless, every so often, you run into an unscrupulous contractor who only has dollar signs in their eyes and thinks you’re the perfect mark. And in times…


John Donne’s ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’

As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, and some say, No: So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ‘Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of…


Momma Grizzly Bear Shows Her Parenting Skills When Terrified Cub Panics Crossing River

A momma grizzly bear showed some tough love when her cub got scared crossing a fast-flowing river after being chased off by bison. Photographer Ron Sterbenz of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was visiting Yellowstone National Park in mid-May when he caught a fascinating interaction on film. A female grizzly bear and her cub, who had their eyes on…


Fun Photography: Brilliant Up-Close Photos of Praying Mantises’ Adorable Dance Moves

No, it’s not Photoshop. Though the praying mantises photographed by a Malaysian photographer really do look like that. Living close to the tropical jungle, Pang Way is in the perfect place to find these critters. Appearing to be caught in a series of dramatic Flamenco-style dance poses, the exotic insects are a riot of color…


Comical Corrections: ‘How I Edited an Agricultural Paper’

In “The Merchant of Venice,” Shakespeare says: “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” He encourages us to live with laughter, for laughter and humor are the antidotes that lighten serious matters and bring daily joy. In his short story “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper,” Mark Twain encourages this cultivation of humor and…


What’s New in Luxury Safari Trends for 2023

By Mia Taylor From TravelPulse Like many other segments of the travel industry, safaris are experiencing something of an evolution at the moment, not only to meet the latest interests and desires of travelers, but also to encompass the realities and challenges facing the planet in 2023. The good news is that in many cases,…


Why We Lose Our Near Vision and How We Can Retrieve It

You may not need glasses when you’re young, but as you age, you may find yourself reaching for a pair. The urge typically develops one day while looking at a menu, a newspaper, or an exit sign on the freeway. For many, this deterioration takes the form of near-vision loss, known to eye doctors as…