George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time.

Q: Our yaupon holly has been yellowing for the past year or more. Nearby ligustrums and Texas mountain laurels help make this a green fence, but I’m trying to eliminate the yellowing. Adding iron ...

For David Flanagan, the seeds of becoming a United States citizen were planted when he was in college in his native Ireland.