Rosemary Capanna, standing, is shown with her mother, Margaret, with a photo of a relative they discovered during their family research.

Margaret Capanna on her graduation day in 1945 from East Pike Run High School.

Margaret Capanna in high school.

A young Margaret Capanna is shown with her parents, Guiseppe and Rosa D’Arcangelo.

Use Alisa Hatchett’s diagram to identify your holiday cactuses.

Alisa Hatchett

Christmas cactus

C.R. Nelson

Frank Hunter, center, poses with Ian VanDyne and Makenzie Wise, two of his West Greene High School freshmen students and their plague masks.

Courtesy of Brian Reader

Frank Hunter, in red, skydives with Jay Luccioni and Casey Magyar

Katie Anderson

Michelle Statler of Spraggs has perfected pie production in her basement kitchen.

Katie Anderson

A pie crust sits in Michelle Statler’s kitchen in Spraggs.

courtesy of Michelle Statler

Michelle Statler baked these pies in her Spraggs kitchen.

Courtesy of Lisa Post

Lisa Post of Carmichaels baked this dairy-free pumpkin pie.

C.R. Nelson

The Aleppo Post Office is turning 150 years old.

Alisa Hatchett

“Mama,” the Thanksgiving cactus

Washington Health System’s new CARE Center for Family Birth and Women’s Health.

Courtesy of Leah Segal

Sam Fee is shown during a May trip to the southwest photographing Needles Overlook in what once was Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

Courtesy of Erin Jones

Sam Fee scans the horizon from his perch on Island in the Sky overlook at Cayonlands National Park in Utah during a trip to the southwest in May.

Courtesy of Mike Jones

Sam Fee, far left, leads a group of alumni from Washington & Jefferson College on a hiking trail in Page, Ariz.

Courtesy of Sam Fee

Sam Fee photographed the ancient ruins at Chaco Canyon located in the northwest corner of New Mexico.

Courtesy of Sam Fee

Sam Fee photographed Chiricahua National Monument in 2017.

Courtesy of Sam Fee

Sam Fee photographed Mojave Trails National Monument in 2018.

Courtesy of Sam Fee

Sam Fee photographed White Sands National Monument in 2018.

Courtesy of Sam Fee

Sam Fee photographed Grand Staircase/Escalante in Utah in 2017.

Sam Fee walks to the top of a dune for a better vantage point to take photographs at White Sands National Monument in 2018.

Celeste Van Kirk

This snowman candle was made in the tradition of ones originally made by W&F Manufacturing.

Celeste Van Kirk

Wax candles like these angels and street lamps are a traditionally popular Christmas item.

Celeste Van Kirk

The Vermont Country Store catalog sells vintage inspired candles like these.