You know you are maturing when you begin to see the hand of God in the random, baffling, and seemingly pointless circumstances of life.

As my hands descend onto the piano keyboard and I begin the first line of Beethoven's "Fur Elise," I become one with the music.

The first book of Chinese embroidery technique was dictated by an accomplished embroiderer, Shen Shou and recorded by Zhang Jian.