The blooms and blossoms for sale and for show at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) weren’t your average grocery store ...

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel ... a sweet mead made of the flowers grown by Yavanna, the Vala of plants. This was similar to the ambrosia and nectar consumed by the gods of Greek mythology.

In his Easter morning Mass homily, read by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Pope Francis encouraged everyone to hasten to seek the risen Lord, like the first disciples, and to renew the gift of hope within ...