This bookThe War That Saved My Lifetells a story about a girl Ada who has a clubfoot. In her first ten years of life, she was locked inside because of her mom’s shame of her clubfoot. She remained ignorant and illiterate and considered herself less worthy than a normal person. But ...
we had a dreadful time right after Sherman went through but, after all, he didn't burn the house and the darkies saved most of the livestock by driving it into the swamp.And we cleared a fair crop this last fall, twenty bales.Of course, that's practically nothing compared with...
and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. ...
The fact is Twitter is not “free.” Neither is Facebook or any other social network—or, for that matter, any online experience in which we, the participants, freely offer content and invaluable information about ourselves for others to use or sell as they will. Sure, it may seem that ...
It also happens to be the cruellest kind of mystery- because it is the kind that is never resolved- yet sadly that also makes it true to life. Heartbreaking and complexly human, I was compelled to read to the end without stopping (and this is a hefty book!!). Returning to the form...
That said, Bluesky is still very much a work in progress. Its rapid growth has brought its share of headaches, including outages, glitches, and scammers. As more users flock to this latest "Twitter replacement," expect some inevitable growing pains along the way.Topics...
That was the problem, Celebrity thought, I have a name that totally sucks, I am desperately trying to make a good first impression with Wayne’s parents and it really doesn’t matter because my name got there first. The hair, the new linen suit, strike that, the new crumpled in a ...
feedingMy hungersShe spoke of a truth that I could not confrontAnd she offered a peaceThat my war didn't wantBecause I liked being fangs and destructionSuction and froth and dysfunctionI was dreamingTalking too much with my friends in the eveningsI laughed very loud as if I was extremely ...
the absence of any wild leaps from one system to another. It can be said that, in a certain sense, it was precisely the acuteness of the danger to which we were subjected that saved us. If we had had more time for discussion and debate we should probably we would of made a great ...
When I first heard about six word stories, I thought, “A whole story in six words? That's impossible!” Then I wrote my first one. It was really easy, not to mention fun! Once you write your first, you can write a whole slew of them. Let's look at how to write one. ...