This vintage retired James Avery cross is a Botonnee Cross, also known as a Budded or Trefoil Cross. The three buds on the end of each crosspiece represent the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It sold on eBay for $2,500 on March 12, 2018. Some of the world’s greatest companies got their start in a humble garage: Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard, Mattel, and Microsoft, among others. But none of them can hold a candelabrum to James Avery Craftsman. Working alone at a homemade workbench in his mother-in-law’s garage, fledgling jewelry artist James Avery singlehandedly transformed scraps of sterling silver and copper into exquisitely handcrafted designs such as this EARLY VINTAGE...
naral Woodin' you know it that our constructor Steve Mossberg has gifted us today with a small forest of trees bracketing four themers:18. Words of deferential obedience: AS YOU WISH. Whatever. The tree in this clue is the ASH, popular for creating the baseball bats known as Louisville Sluggers. Our neighborhood was planted with these beautiful trees along the road when it was founded back in the early 20th century. We had one in our front yard, but sadly they were all felled by a lowly insect called the Emerald Ash Borer. These images don't begin to capture the beauty and grandeur of these trees: 24. Trendy coffee additive: OAT MILK. The OAK. Another magnificent tree, but hardier than the...
Amid a clang and clamor of activity, Vaidyanatha Selvanathan Sthapati sits on the floor of his family pattarai, or workshop, in Chennai. All around him, men in dhotis and vests are engrossed in cutting, sculpting, and finishing gray granite. They chip and chisel and hammer away, slowly bringing to life an intricately carved pillar destined to adorn a Hindu temple. The scene is familiar to Selvanathan, 57. He says he grew up in the pattarai of his uncle, who taught him to be curious and observant, as nature was the inspiration for art and the work their family did. Before his death in 2011, Selvanathan’s uncle, Vaidyanatha Ganapathi Sthapati, was a prominent temple architect. Today, it is Selvanathan who supervises...
How do you keep your brain young? A rich new area of science is analyzing which healthy habits best keep your mind and memory healthy in the 40s and beyond. Kenneth S. Kosik, MD, co-director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has studied which habits most powerfully boost our cognitive function. Here, he shares the most up-to-date research from innovative labs plus the best brain-boosting tips from his book Outsmarting Alzheimer’s. Play games with your frontal lobe Whether you’re deliberating a chess move or bluffing at cards, you’re also giving the frontal lobe, the area of your brain that handles executive function, a workout. “The frontal lobe is particularly vulnerable to degeneration and the...
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