On a somewhat sad, but at the same time, beautiful and exciting morning, we took our last close-up glimpses of the Colosseum as we left the busyness that is Rome and made our way to one of the highest hill-top towns of Tuscany, Montepulciano.
Beautifully encircled by cypress trees in the richly verdant Tuscan hills, [...]
Introduction
I strongly believe that everyone’s writing benefits from studying other forms of art: studying the principles of music, painting, comics (or sequential art, if you like), screenwriting and film, or even fashion or cooking can give you new ideas you can use for your short story, novel or poem. For instance, I find that my [...]
Karen Styles-French loves good conversation, self expression, singing, dabbling in art and photography, and learning about living and loving. She is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Calgary, Alberta.
My chin was itchy from the place where the tears had fallen from my face. Depression was nipping at my heels again, and I [...]
David Hayward, aka Naked Pastor, offers us a taste of his site for issue 4.
We had a long run together, you and I. Now that I think about it, I can’t remember a time when I was without you. It was like we’ve been best buddies since I was born.
“As a scientist I am quite hostile to a rival doctrine…”
Richard Dawkins
I’ve always been annoyed when people, usually evolutionists, point fingers at Catholic history. It always runs along lines of how the ‘evil’ church persecuted the opened minded, freethinking scientists who only wanted to enlighten mankind.
Talk about ‘glass houses.’
I’m going to say that modern science [...]
Each of us has an unique way of talking: even if you read something your friend had said in print, you’d immediately recognize it as your friends’ words, and think “oh, that is just typically so-and-so.”
Within linguistics (the study of languages) your unique way of speaking is called your ideolect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideolect) . Characters in prose [...]
Victor Jara was a Chilean songwriter, musician and theatre director. He spent some years as a student of Theology before leading the movement known as “El Canto Nuevo” (The New Song) in Chile thus helping pave the way for a people-centered government in 1970. On September 11th, 1973, the day of the Chilean military coup, [...]
ISBN: 978-0-6151-6976-7
Publisher: Constance Burger
Rights Owner: Constance Burger
Copyright: © 2007 Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
“Darn Fine Book”
I approached my friend’s (and I am honored to call her that) Constance’s book with a smile on my face. After all, she had sent it, out of the blue, thus giving me access to her life. [...]
Jacquard Sock Man has a legendary story. Many years ago, when nothing but pirates and rum inhabited the Earth, two Jacquard Socks decided to go wandering. Their names were César and Ramón Quintanilla. One day, a pirate with a wooden leg took Ramón (as he only needed one sock), leaving César all [...]
