She lives alone, except for the birds and the dogs, which are part pets, part roommates, part companions. “They’re like my kids,” she said. “I love every one of them — even the mean ones.” ...

Lady Bird rolls her eyes through school Masses, but when she’s across the coast for college we see her wander into a church one Sunday morning to listen to the choir; it’s gone from an ...

Love or Church? "The Thorn Birds" was about the forbidden love between Ralph de Bricassart and Australian Meggie (Rachel Ward, 67). The priest finds himself in a genuine dilemma: ...

Don has lived in the village, between King’s Lynn and Fakenham, all his life and has hardly missed a day since he volunteered ...

The love of birds, for sport and food, or simply for observation, has been the saving grace of the swamps, marshes and shallow lakes along the Mississippi River, from its upper reaches in ...

The winner of the Best New Restaurant award is Ellie Bird, a comfort food neighborhood restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia, from restaurateurs Yuan and Carey Tang, whose more formal Rooster & Owl ...

Falls Church is familiar turf for the Tangs. Carey grew up there and worked at Applebee’s as a youth; a 12-year-old Yuan relocated there from Hong Kong and later waited tables at Red Lobster.

"And the bird’s jaunty crest is similar in shape to the church officials’ headgear, especially the tall, pointed mitre." The bright hue goes beyond the pointed adornments of the Catholic Church.

Gezelligheid, which translates roughly to “coziness” from Dutch, is Bird’s annual multi-day holiday performance at Fourth Presbyterian Church. Drawing on tons of music produced over his multi-decade ...