The first time I planted Florence fennel in my Central Austin garden, I did it for the black swallowtail butterflies and beneficial insects I knew it would attract. I didnt think I would eat much of it myself because Ive never cared much for the taste of licorice or anise.
But now that Ive grown fennel for several years, I cant imagine my garden or my kitchen without it. I like fennel r
You may or may not have heard about Johnny Depps crusade. He has long been the most private of movie stars, but this Saturday night, he will break character when he appears on CBS investigative news show 48 Hours Mystery to defend the West Memphis Three, who as teenagers were found guilty of the hideous 1993 murder of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Depp joins a handful of o
Like many people, widow Penny Lally plans to be buried alongside her family. But in her case, that includes a menagerie of family pets.
Her husband, John, who died of cancer three years ago at the age of 64, is already buried with their horse Super Sam, Blot the cat, Muppet the dog, and even Brian the bird.
“I often tell people that John has a canary singing in his ear, a cat purring at his
A Highton driver last night apologised after she was charged for dragging a policeman up to 200m along a city street yesterday.
“Pagan priestess” Eilish De’Avalon is accused of driving off while a motorcycle policeman’s arm was caught in her car window.
Leading Senior Constable Andrew Logan suffered soft-tissue injuries to his shoulder in the Moorabool St incident.
Ms De’Avalon told the G
An act of sorcery against “Icelands enemies,” undertaken by members of the pagan society Ásatrúarfélagid in Iceland at the beginning of the economic crisis, finally seems to be delivering the desired results, as high chieftain Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson pointed out on the news yesterdaythe Dutch government has collapsed and British Prime Minister Gordon Browns political career is hanging by a thread
A bronze sculpture of the Roman goddess Artemis fetched $US28.6 million ($A34 million) at auction, a world-record auction price for a sculpture of any period, Sotheby’s said.
Artemis and the Stag, dating from the first century BC to AD100, was bought by London art dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi on behalf of “a European private collector”, according to Sotheby’s spokeswoman Lauren Gioia.
Angry crowds in a seaside slum attacked a group of Voodoo practitioners Tuesday, pelting them with rocks and halting a ceremony meant to honor victims of last month’s deadly earthquake.
Voodooists gathered in Cite Soleil where thousands of quake survivors live in tents and depend on food aid. Praying and singing, the group was trying to conjure spirits to guide lost souls when a crowd of Evange
Last May, Charles Warren made a simple request of his fellow Brunwick County Commissioners let’s invite local clergy and religious leaders to give the prayer or invocation that opens each meeting.
Traditionally, the commissioners have given the invocation, many times praying in the name of Jesus Christ. But Warren wanted to include more of the county’s diverse religious community in the meeti
Mayan priests participate in a vigil on February 21, 2010 during the completion of the “Wayeb” - a five-day-period at the end of the Mayan calendar - in preparation for their New Year Ab 5126, known as “Junlajuj Keej” or “Year of Deer” to be celebrated on February 22, at the headquarters of the Academy of Mayan Languages, located in the centre of Guatemala City.
Guatemalan indigenous Maya peop
I think it’s safe to say that we all have a pretty serious case of cabin fever; you can’t even go to Florida to get away from winter this year. As I have relayed to you in previous articles, our shelter animals at the Cumberland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also are suffering the wintertime blues.
One group that we have been especially worried about is our black cats.
