Get to know your wild neighbors

For kids: Learn the real story behind some of the most common wildlife myths.

Just a little bit closer

Zeroing in on the dramatic blooms made the calla lilies come alive in the camera.

A return to sun-dried laundry

When record-setting heat arrived this summer, I swore off the electric dryer.

Goodbye, luck

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Gardening with kids

Adults can make gardening fun for youngsters.

Don't dig up wildflowers

And the winner is...

2009 Gold Medal Plants named.

Review: 'Step Brothers'

Comedy about a couple of grown men acting like stunted 14-year-olds oversteps the limit of loserliness.

Review: 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe'

Mulder and Scully reprise their traditional roles in a dark and doomy world, as Billy Connolly plays a visionary priest.

Review: 'American Teen'

Documentary about four Indiana teens in their senior year of high school comes across like a reality TV show with equally limited insight.

Review: 'Brideshead Revisited'

Lastest interpretation of Evelyn Waugh's novel is more egalitarian and faith-oriented with a superb performance by Emma Thompson as the family matriarch.

In northern Italy, a medieval village restored to life

Reviving Canova's age-old beauty has raised awareness of long-neglected stone architecture in the region.

Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff

Richie Havens's latest gently impassioned CD, sixties design in an electrifyingly colorful book, cable hit "Mad Men" on their second season, and more.

And the (zillionth) winner is ...

With some innovative – and ludicrous – new prizes, the writer honors, well, just about everyone

Modern travel: flying the frugal skies

aviation, flying, planes, fuel costs, humor

China's biggest pop star debuts her exotic talents in the West

Sa Dingding's music melds traditional harmonies with offbeat electronica to create a layered hypnotic sound.

Over the hedge: Wedding-day cheer across the miles

The couple found a special way to share their celebration with us.

Chemurgy and other bits of the 'wright' stuff

Some surprising connections among our words for the making of things.

Welcomed to Tasha Tudor's world

As I got to know Tasha, I discovered that her most remarkable creation was her life.

Daily gratitude

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.