STORIES WITH HEART AND SOUL

An Everywoman Hero Shines

I’ve met many talented, successful, and impressive people in my journey through life, but not many of them shine as... Read more August 2018, People

Big Dreams Require Big Vision

Laurie Hood has never been an armchair advocate for animals. She’s more of an arm twister. Read more August 2018, People

The Little Easy

Spend any time in Mobile, Alabama, and you’ll quickly learn that it—and not that upstart Louisiana city to the west—was... Read more August 2018, Food, Lifestyle + Travel

Kidding Around

Holding downward dog takes on a near-spiritual quality when a bleating baby goat jumps on your back, as these three... Read more August 2018, Lifestyle + Travel, Nature

How to Get across the Road When a Python Is in Your Way

Life before the war was normal. I was eleven and hadn’t watched television and I knew little about American history.... Read more August 2018, Lifestyle + Travel, Nature

Adventures in South Africa

For anyone with a passion for nature and a love of the great outdoors, there can be no greater destination... Read more August 2018, Lifestyle + Travel

Holding Your Horses

Joint replacements undreamed of years ago, surrogates for mothers too precious to take time out to give birth to their... Read more August 2018, Lifestyle + Travel

How Do We Love Thee?

Now look, before all you owners of surrogate children, otherwise known as the family pets, write to the editor and... Read more August 2018

The Grateful Tread

In the New Urbanism beach communities along Scenic Highway 30-A in Northwest Florida, you’re likely to see people wearing sneakers... Read more August 2018, Lifestyle + Travel

Not Your Average Doghouse

Who says architect-designed houses are only for humans? Not Zaha Hadid and other world-class design firms that joined artists from... Read more Art + Culture, August 2018

History and Nature Go Hand in Hand

The year was 1872, and the United States, still reeling from the Civil War, was near the end of what... Read more Art + Culture, August 2018, Nature

Sucre Says

As I paw my second editor’s column, I am delighted to be VIE’s canine ambassador, allowing me to use my... Read more August 2018, People