Boris Pasternak quote – when a great moment knocks
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is easy to miss it.” – Boris Pasternak
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Short Story (By Rachel Tucker)
I sat on the park bench watching my niece as she guarded her 4 year old son who clambered like a monkey over the jungle gym. Happy shouts and laughter filled the air and I found myself transported back to the time when I first met my niece. Despite the fact that this beautiful young woman was a niece by […]
Read moreMark Twain Quote – It Is Time To Pause And Reflect
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
Read moreMassive solar eruption to hit Earth before New Year’s Eve
In 2015, scientists predicted that a massive solar eruption would hit Earth just before New Year’s Eve. It was expected to cause power fluctuations, radio blackouts and even affect GPS reception. There was a small chance it could make the Northern Lights visible in the San Francisco Bay Area. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the Aurora Borealis […]
Read morePoem – LA BÊTE DE GÉVAUDAN: 1764-1767 (THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN) (By Ray Gallucci)
LA BÊTE DE GÉVAUDAN: 1764-1767 (THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN) (Based partly on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Gevaudan and translations from http://www.dinosoria.com/bete_gevaudan.htm and http://facteurx.chez.com/betegevaudan.htm) What devastated Central France three centuries ago? “A Wolfman Beast” said those who glanced and dodged this deadly foe. “La Bête de Gévaudan” – from Hell some thought this demon came. Yet only kids and women killed, no […]
Read moreZora Neale Hurston Quote – There Are Years
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston
Read moreAlbert Camus Quote – We All Carry Within Us
“We all carry within us our ravages, our crimes, our places of exile.” – Albert Camus
Read moreMichael Meade Quote – Alive
African Proverb: “When death finds you, may it find you alive.” Alive means living your own damn life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live. – Michael Meade
Read moreA deadly fever spreads
A devastating disease caused by airborne fungal spores is colonizing the Southwest in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “a silent epidemic.” The disease, coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, strikes more than 20,000 people per year in the region, 10 times the number it did 15 years ago. The spores live in the soil until wind lifts them […]
Read moreDrinking One’s Own Bathwater
“Every day could be spent listening to and reading the work of those who agree with me = Drinking one’s own bathwater.”
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