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January is named after the Roman god Janus, who presided over doors and beginnings. Janus’ image is usually depicted with two faces: one...

From our family to yours-Merry Christmas! Adoration of the Magi #10 by Peter Paul Reubens CPW

“…Now Dasher, now Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen … On Comet, on Cupid, on Donder and Vixen…” No doubt, today Santa Claus is rounding up his...

Winter Solstice 2023 In Columbus, Ohio, USA: Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:27 pm EST The Solstice Stone at Merry Mount The winter...

I'm feelin' kinda Grinchy. "PoohPooh to the Whos!" he was grinchishly humming. "They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming!"...

The Darkling Thrush I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day....

At Day-Close In November The ten hours' light is abating, And a late bird flies across, Where the pines, like waltzers waiting, Give...

11/23/23 Today at Merry Mount our celebration is two fold: Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) and our daughter Caroline’s 34th birthday. ...

The spider as an artist Has never been employed Though his surpassing merit Is freely certified By every broom and Bridget Throughout a...

It is with broken hearts that Rett and I share the passing of our dear friend Keith. The memories we have of his smiling face and warm...

Leaves are falling, and now is an appropriate time to pay homage to Cyndy Callog. We first met Cyndy Callog at the Worthington Arts...

Into the pumpkin world we go. We may not have the largest pumpkin, but we have costumes, cookies, lattes, and pies, oh my! CPW

Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Now shake dem skeleton...

What’s mo’ temptin’ to de palate, When you’s wuked so hard all day, En cum in home at ebentime Widout a wud to say,– En see a stewin’ in...

Some may posit, that on the occasion of my 71st year, I am becoming ossified. Really? Let’s examine the evidence: physically, mentally,...

The autumnal/fall equinox and the first day of autumn arrived on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 02:50 A.M.EDT in the Northern...

There is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again. He says that...

A near-infrared light image made by the James Webb Space Telescope of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, displayed an...

Labor Day has arrived, and the symbolic "end of the summer season" is present in our psyches inducing memories past and present. Enter...

A sunflower from 2023 reaching toward the sky Sunflower by Christopher Ries, a permanent installation at the Columbus Museum of Art A...