An Inspiring Article, Originally Posted Here
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It's a plain spreadsheet with a simple title: "I have a place to offer."
What follows is simply inspiring.
There are names, thousands of names of people in the Boston area with standing offers to help those displaced by the…
I love tea, and this is how I brew it.All the equipment you need to brew tea: a teapot (this Royal Albert teaset is from a British charity store), a glass jug, a digital thermometer and a digital weighing spoon (all from eBay), hot water, and tea leaves (from T2 and Tea Leaves in Melbourne).These are some of the teas I keep in stock: …
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January's poetry challenge is to write a poem to or about a person close to you using any of the senses except sight.
I'm looking forward to reading all your entries.
You can post in this challenge at anytime.
The entries so far.
I would have liked to find out its name before sharing it with you but I couldn't wait, I had it tucked away in my hard drive for a few months now. I've seen a younger version of this tree around. I clicked this one at my principals front yard, she's probably the best person to ask ... but I keep forgetting!
I have attended every book club meeting at my school. I've never missed a National Honor Society meeting, a Math Honor Society meeting, a Social Studies Honor Society meeting, or a Latin Honor Society meeting. But when I tell people that I've never attended a high school football game, I am always asked the same question: what's wrong with you?
Have you seen the moon tonight?
Did you drink in her crisp pearly beams?
Have you felt the wind like a soft rain of
Needles against your skin?
I let its chill course in my fevered veins
Sending me riding on a wave so high
I almost touched the velvet sky
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… feels as if it’s faded
With each year it get worse, you hear this every year
The sad darkness that creeps
Inside me with this realization finds a comfy spot and settles
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Drive it away says the child that I was
Drive it away with the memories of dressing up
The old Christmas tree with grandma at the bakery…
Sometimes, the tiniest little things in life we never expect. Turn out to be the things we actually need most, always look at every situation at every angle before giving up because the answer you are searching for may in fact be right on front of you.
-Andy1076
There are a few things that I’ve come to accept about myself lately, heck, even from before. One of these is that I frustrate myself, so much I could feel my head explode with it all. Then after I calmed down I asked myself some questions. What is it about me that that irks me out? The list is long my friends but one thing I believe I could readily remedy is my outstanding tendency to be disorganized.
Rating: 5/5 Stars
After reading this wonderful book I kept wondering, “Why don't we all live and love like the March family?" It's the story of the four March sisters: pretty Meg, tomboy Jo, dear Beth and little lady Amy and not forgetting 'our boy' Laurie. My favourite March is Jo she's so funny, energetic, and caring and maybe because I know how being a tomboy feels and are constantly being told that it isn't proper for young ladies be running, jumping and talking slang.
