But I didn’t swim and when we were all settled back around the fire, it seemed as if the shame clung wetly to me as we all dried off. ...
I still maintained the faint desire to have a go in the ring and it remained an unfulfilled ambition. Continue Reading The Wrestlers
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How accurate is the information we receive via wikipedia, anyway? Continue Reading Wrathful Wiccan Wikipedians
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I once knew a woman like these three girls,” said Kamanga, “who think they are too good for some men. Continue Reading The Lady in the Boot
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Hannah, we care about you and the memories you share here. We thought you’d like to look back on this photo of you from exactly five years ago today. ...
Now I am standing before this timelessly powerful monument, breathing the cold air in awe, remembering the House of David and the crusades, thinking that this is the source, this ...
In the end, perhaps it is these mementoes and relics, the ones that exist only to be bought and burnt up, that tell us the most about what we value. ...
. The didactic purpose of the frescos is clear from the strap-line at the base of the Allegory of Good Government, which begins “Turn your eyes to behold her, you ...
Women, from a young age, are conditioned to be the diplomats, the carers, the ones who absorb the blame. And so a woman who is distressed might stage a silent ...
I can deal with the snoring. The problem is that we bought a house. Buying a sweater is hard enough Continue Reading Buyer’s Remorse
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With every cell of my body feeling like I don’t belong here any more and will never ever want to, I heard every graffiti letter, every foul corner, every turnstile ...
One beer down, but more drunk on the charming bookstore I’m sitting in, this stark difference between a world long gone (Lisbon in the 1930s) and a world very much ...
Our weed shop is located beside the local hospital. One might think that would be a good match since cannabis products promote health and healing too, but you can’t have ...
“I’m tired of talking about race,” a white male friend said to me. “We’re all equal, we all get the same opportunities; we all got the same rights now.” ...
Did I want to find out? When my sister was killed, it broke my family – both its individual members and the larger whole. Continue Reading The ...
“Until you can show me a system that’s gonna yield more results and more personal wealth and more freedom than capitalism, that’s it baby!” Continue Reading Down the ...
I don’t remember the kid’s name; the only impression he made on me was his face: scabbed over, crusted with dried blood all across his chin. Continue ...
With his Silver Lion winning Foxtrot, Maoz casts an unflinching eye on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Continue Reading Movie Review: Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot
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We had, however, not experienced a moment’s error in Japan’s transport schedules – so far. Continue Reading Chasing Sakura: 10. School
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“Η καρδιά. Yi kardiá. Heart.”
“Η βάρκα. Yi várka. Boat.”
“Η χώρα. Yi hóra. Country.” Continue Reading How are you fine thank you
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