“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
Did you ever wonder where the tradition of putting tinsel on the tree came from? Even if you didn’t this may be helpful in a future game of trivial pursuit. Do people even play trivial pursuit anymore? Here is another legend regarding Spiders and Christmas. Once upon a time, long ago, a gentle mother was…
According to ancient storytellers, there once was a widow living in her cramped, cold hut with her children. One day, a pinecone dropped from the tree outside and took root. The children, excited by the prospect of a tree for Christmas, tended the seedling and made plans about how they would decorate the tree. Poverty…