Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

sheltering in his humble cottage from the blasts of Winter. Burns's extensive reading in Augustan nature poetry can be inferred from his allusions to Thomson, Goldsmith, Blair, Dryden and Shakespeare.

The winter solstice falls on December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year ... honoring the cycles of nature and the promise of renewal.