Turning the legs and cutting and shaping the seat. It is just a humble 3 legged stool. Nothing fancy. Nothing complicated. But I had to make sure that all the legs were exactly the same length and that I made 3 of them. A two legged stool is a much use as a chocolate tea pot!
I stayed awake ___ ___ until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. 【10】她坚持要把这次旅游组织得尽善尽美。 She insisted that she ___ ___ the trip properly. 【11】Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ___ ___(take) ...
I think of myself as a brisk walker. But that illusion was shattered: walking uphill a skinny local guy passed me while pushing a bike laden with two giant bags of charcoal. All I was carrying was my iPhone. Never underestimate the capabilities of the locals. And speaking of the locals,...
night. The information carried in songs like Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” transformed from harmless music my mother played into glass-shattering new perspectives of truth. Lyrics reshaping the train tracks of my brain like the kid who just learned there...
of Lanegan’s dark lyrics and haunting music. I’m not as invested in the different aspects of music as my husband is. I hear a band and I listen to the music. I don’t think about who is in the band, where they’ve come from, and the rich history of their evolution. I’m a...
During Armistice Day, my brain also (invariably) wanders towardThe Pogues rendition of “Waltzing Matilda.”It poetically unpacks the global scope of the Great War. Lyrics of it all below: “When I was a young man I carried my pack ...
the back seat where my young brother in tears would yowl it was his turn.: It felt like I was still, while up above the leaves of fall with colors red and gold went rushing by. (It was before Dutch Elm Disease befell our Midwest town.) The tree ...
The chair on Shepherd of the Hill’s lawn is there to invite the world to a different way of life. It reminds passers-by to slow it down. Stop speeding through life on the way to who-knows-where. Take a seat. Rock a while. Breathe deeply. Get in touch with the deep things of ...