marble

Nearly the whole of her history is held in a 25 by 30-inch marble relief at the British Museum.

We join the throngs of Chinese tour groups walking through white marble gates.

They celebrated in Highland Park and the San Fernando Valley, across Sunset Boulevard and at Chavez Ravine and anywhere Dodgers fans exist on this big blue marble called Earth.

Contractors had come to fix loose flooring, and were "told to bring eight people" but "sent two and lifted it and managed to break the marble in half because of the weight," Nick says.

Along the way, you may see marbled godwits, snowy egrets and other shorebirds.