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Winter art

What says winter more clearly than the delicate imprints left behind in fresh snow? As I arrived home one cold evening, the air sharp and quiet, I glanced down and noticed the ground softly stitched with tiny tracks. Little bird feet had danced across the snow, crisscrossing and looping in ...

For John Cena's farewell, the time is now

The last time is now. Dec. 13 marks the end of the line in the career of one of the best professional wrestling has ever had to offer. John Cena will enter a WWE ring one final time Saturday night to take on Gunther, winner of “The Last Time is Now” Tournament, at Capital One Arena in ...

Golden Gingko tree

One of the simple pleasures of fall is watching the leaves shift into their brilliant colors as the air cools and the days grow shorter. I’ve always had a soft spot for the ginkgo tree. The ginkgo’s fan-shaped leaves seem to lift toward the sky before turning a luminous golden yellow. This year we were lucky to get such beautiful foliage, especially since many leaves elsewhere suffered from drought or were swept away by strong winds. Ours held on just long enough to glow, before the inevitable gusts last week finally took them. I’m sharing a lovely piece here today, and I’d ...

Incentive options a win-win for players

You can’t always make everyone happy, but most Pokemon Go trainers would probably agree that Scopely, which acquired the game from Niantic earlier this year, could make the Go Pass and Go Pass Deluxe better than it is currently. The Go Pass is a free progression track in Pokemon Go ...

Friends inspire change in viewpoint

Jim Rohn famously said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” which suggests that the thoughts and behaviors of your relatives, colleagues and friends have a significant influence on how you choose to live your life. Over the past year, I’ve spent ...

Cena, Styles leave no doubt

John Cena’s WWE career retirement tour is winding down with only four more in-ring appearances left for one of professional wrestling’s GOATs. It wasn’t very surprising when fans learned that Cena would face AJ Styles at last weekend’s premium live event, Crown Jewel, in Perth, Australia. It’s especially hard to believe that it has been nearly a decade since Styles first arrived in WWE, hot off the heels of an amazing run with New Japan and, before that, as one of the major faces of TNA Wrestling. The pair had a series of matches, culminating at 2017’s Royal Rumble, where ...