View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Our family loves this tasty soup! We usually double it for our large family. —Submitted by Mikayla Gray, Forest City, IA...
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Camp & Cabin Cookin’, December 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cheeseburger Soup —Submitted by Owen Weaver 1½ c water 2 c potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 sm. carrots, grated 1 sm. onion, chopped ¼ c green pepper, chopped...
Frosty Bubbles
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cross-polarization was used to creatively illuminate this frosty bubble. Photo © Don Komarechka. The clear globe with frost patterns caught my eye. I had...
Cassiopeia
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cassiopeia lies high in the northern sky in December. Like Cepheus, our target constellation last month, Cassiopeia is a circumpolar constellation. It...
Study Guide Puzzles, December 2024
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They Offered unto Him…Gold and Frankincense
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The gold that the wise men from the East brought to Baby Jesus—do you suppose it was in the form of coins…nuggets…or some other form? Whatever form it was...
Favorite Focus, December 2024
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Chasing Auroras
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Aurora and Milky Way above Route 574, Ohio. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. I could feel the rhythm of my heart intensify to allegro as I fired a test shot...
Shooting Star Trails to Capture Auroras
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Here in Virginia, my exposure to northern lights has been rare—very few and far between. The first time we saw them, there was a huge red glow in the...
Study Guide Puzzles, November 2024
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Cepheus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cepheus, the King, sits high in the northern sky between Polaris and the W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia. It lies near enough to Polaris that it is...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, November 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Green Bean Casserole This recipe came about when I wanted to make traditional green bean casserole from scratch, but could not find a recipe. I did some...
Favorite Focus, October 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive A few days ago I saw a clearwing hummingbird moth on our butterfly bush. I took a bunch of photos. This is my favorite one. Photo © Joshua Lloyd. As I...
Storing the Bounty
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Olga Volodina/Dreamstime.com I am a strong proponent of extending the growing season whenever possible, and utilizing row covers, tunnels, and...
Observing the Moon
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The Moon can be both a bane and a blessing to the amateur astronomer. Moonlight renders faint deep sky objects invisible, and it washes out even the...