American Girl

The "great" American solar eclipse certainly got more than its fair share of hype, but life-changing it was not.

Oral narration is as old as history, and as compelling, but beware if you make a tale too tall.

An appreciation of life is both sharpened and humbled by a shocking death.

Playing Solitaire isn't about winning or losing, but opening up a pathway into memory lane.

Amid unexpected wonder of nature — California wildflowers — it helps to use your eyes.

Once upon a time, a postcard bearing an exotic façade. Then, two decades later, the façade itself.

In New York, a new president and his erratic ways are roiling many daily lives.

A trip to Myanmar, finally open to the travel-hungry West, gently reveals some truths about life's priorities.

As a kid, climbing a tree made you feel invincible because the world seemed to belong to you.

If the American election results have dismayed some, they have sent others on a journey.

Crazy Horse feared sitting for a photo might steal his soul. Which brings us to the Internet.

Some things never change, and a drink after a day in the American workplace is among them.