The voluptuous backside of the female, arrow-shaped Micrathena spider is part of its survival strategy.

Marion Hammond of Tisbury is a very effective caregiver and nurturer who has raised and tended to a husband and three sons, countless businesses and organizations, and a 27-year-old jade plant.

In a recent interview I was asked which was more challenging — writing about sex or science?

Dig in and hold on. If mole crabs had a motto, that might be it.

No matter how bad your day, week or month was, always know that it could be worse.

This plant should be in a Cynthia Riggs novel.