Sax Rohmer, one of the most popular and influential thriller writers of the first half of the twentieth century, owes his continued renown principally to the international popularity of the character of Dr. Fu Manchu, whom he created in 1911. Born Arthur...
A few days ago, a bat flew into our home. Mercifully, neither the kids nor I was around while my husband corralled him into the guest bedroom in our attic. Had I known, I'm sure I would have immediately put our house on...
Patti Kilday Hart is a Globe correspondent. AUSTIN, Texas -- At sunset, hundreds of people here spread blankets on the shores of the Colorado River, buy a ticket on a cruise boat, or compete for space on the Congress Avenue bridge to watch...
Boo! It's a Halloween party. And who said that kids get to have all the fun? OK, the kids can come, too. Halloween seems to be an occasion when folks, old and young, let their inhibitions down and join in the revelry. Even the most...
The sun lay warm on our faces as writer and photographer sat in a hillside meadow with a hawk’s view of Italy’s Apennine peaks where a glorious spring afternoon was nestling in with the fragrance of wild rosemary, the buzz of bumblebees, and the tick-ticking...
