|As our dear Alan wrote in our December Paper Jam, curating your own personal library, is a joy beyond comparison. I write this article,...

Gift-giving is a simple yet incredibly endearing form of showing your love. Gift giving has always been one of my love languages and I...

The Colosseum, an ancient amphitheater was constructed under the rule of the Flavian emperors. The structure was a grand, notable,...

This semester I plan to briefly present a different book every month that I read over the winter break. My hope in doing this is to...

The Wild Hunt is a mythic narrative common to many cultures. It involves a spectral horde of hunters that hunt on winter nights. They can...

Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charlie M. Shultz, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) was the first cartoon TV special. Today, it is...

The history behind Our Lady The Virgin Guadalupe is a Catholic title for Mary, the mother of Jesus. In Roman Catholicism, our Lady of...

Last month I wrote about Bulgakov, and this month, I actually have something to say about his novel, The Master and Margarita . Would you...

I would like to share one of my favorite spots in the world, it is in my reading chair, beside my modest but deeply cherished home...

Did you know cat guts used to be utilized for the manufacturing of guitar strings? The term “catgut’ is quite misleading, as the...

Mi Mexico Lindo, I miss you. I barely got to know you, but I was the happiest I had ever been when I was with you. I remember all the...

Symbols are a crucial part of how we communicate complex ideas, and often, we use animals to represent these ideas. Symbols develop their...