It is the biggest festival of the year in China, signalling the start of spring, and this is the year of the wood snake. According to Chinese astrology, the characteristics of the snake ...

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Each year, an animal is paired with one of the five elements – metal, wood, water, fire and earth. The elements complement and clash with one another, but it is this constant interplay that is ...

Madrone Ridge, a tributary of the Russian River, dominates and becomes a vital life force for all plant and wildlife in its corner of Sonoma Valley in California. It is in this rich environment that ...