KimHaysBern

It’s October 29, but the plants in the window boxes hanging from the railings of my balcony are still bravely blooming. As fall has progressed, my twenty-two geraniums have produced steadily fewer purply-pink flowers. Only a scattering of the bright clusters still remains. The blue stalks of sage on either side of the geraniums stand tall, and the tiny white blooms of the sweet alyssum I planted between them in the spring have grown into long sheets of blossoms hanging over the balcony rail....

My Fall Fling It’s October 29, but the plants in the window boxes hanging from the railings of my balcony are still bravely blooming. As fall has progressed, my twenty-two geraniums have produced steadily fewer …

August 1 is Switzerland’s equivalent of the Fourth of July. Americans commemorate freeing themselves from British rule. The Swiss celebrate Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, the three original Swiss cantons, fighting off conquest by the Habsburgs. Photo by Janosch Diggelmann This year, August 1 marked the day Trump informed Switzerland that he would impose a 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the US within a week....

A New Swiss Battleground August 1 is Switzerland’s equivalent of the Fourth of July. Americans commemorate freeing themselves from British rule. The Swiss celebrate Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, the three original Swiss ca…