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Need a break from the Santa images, overplayed holiday jingles and frazzled crowds at the mall? My personal escape from the chaotic aspects of the Holidays is my Christmas tree. Over the years my tree has evolved from a potted palm with twinkly lights to...

A quick detour to the Caribbean before we continue to South America for our next continent in my nature around the world series… Spanish sailors anchored off Bermuda in the 1500’s trembled in their galleons as ghostly wails emanated through night skies. Had they known sleek...