The origins of the phrase date all the way back to 1400, when the Medieval poem “Roman de la rose” (“Romance of the Rose”) used the phrase “right as an adamant,” referring to a diamond or lodestone. A ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

Spring rain arrives, bringing life to all things. Rain Water, the second term of the 24 Solar Terms, is nature's gentle gift to us. As fine threads of drizzle nourish the earth, all rouses from the ...

Many California natives require fire to germinate their seeds and so we could see some of them sprouting this winter and ...

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Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn. Following miserable weekend weather ...

High-intensity rain — more than half an inch per hour — can wreak havoc on burned areas, increasing the likelihood of flooding and landslides on soil made water-repellent by fire. Ahead of the ...

Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems aren’t pictures, but sometimes they try to make us see, and to make us feel in ways we might associate ...