The teenage years are both challenging and developmentally critical for teens as well as the adults in their lives.

Children are born to love. They love animals, people, the ocean. Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action helps children really look at what it means to act with kindness, and how veganism is part of a loving life-style.

As the world rushes crazily along preparing for elections, financial melt-downs and catastrophes, Kent Nerburn reminds us that the meaning in life comes from our humble appreciation of it.

A friend was greeted by a cardinal each morning for weeks after her mother passed away. She felt comforted knowing the red bird outside her bedroom window was a message from her mother.  

If you asked me 15 years ago what I wanted carved into my tombstone, my answer would have come straight from the heart: "So what?"...

What a strange winter we've had in southern New England! I cannot recall another one quite like it.

Once the dowser has chosen at least one tool in each class of instrumentation, (L-rods, Y-rods, pendulums, bobbers/other), it's time to get down to the busi-ness of dowsing, but it's best not to get overly excited.

Choosing a dowsing instrument used to be an easy task. Our forefathers used whatever was near at hand — a forked tree branch, a pole, staff, or a weight suspended from a string or chain, served perfectly well.

Every experienced dowser knows that our skill is multi-faceted, involving several critical aspects for its proper functioning, which this column has previously addressed in orderly stages as best as possible.

The first column in this series was a general overview for people who have just discovered dowsing and decided to take a further look, highlighting the importance of subduing the ego and starting at the beginning.