“Drag that thing out of here and bury it before you go. I don’t want it drawing wolves or poisoning our grass.” And with that she tromped off, dropping them from their notice like a soiled handkerchief. Doc sighed loudly, pouring the coins into a satchel on his broad leather belt....
But he does say, “I hear of a Buddhist monastery in Fukien Province where the monks train day and night in the art of fighting and are said to be so fierce that one of them punches out a yak’s lights when he goes outside to take a leak in the morning—rings the bell of a wi...
Growing up, I had always been a ‘big’ kid, both in height and weight. I was fairly active until my teen years, when I became a giant computer geek, both metaphorically and literally. I can recall that at some point in my early adolescence, the scales we had at home stopped working...
is the tradition. Imagine you had rules for everything you ate and drank—but they were wonderful rules that everyone loved and adored because they were based on tradition and culture. That’s how Rome works, and gnocchi is no different. The rule for gnocchi is that the dish is only ...
I didn't bother bringing anything cumbersome like a neck pillow or blanket. All of the flights on ANA featured pillows and blankets. I got lucky and didn't need to use my outlet adapters at all during the trip. I found that Tokyo and Bangkok's airports both used USB chargers. All of...
Mary had been told that this was a radio room. The asbestos roofing is still in remarkably good condition especially considering the harsh local weather and the 70 winters it has survived. The cookhouse and mess-hall, with the North Sea in the distance. This was the only surviving building ...
1. Arielle Arielle was a liar. For two years I had trusted her, believed every word that came out of her mouth; now I knew it had been a trick. She had betrayed us and what did I have to show for it? A broken key and a broken heart. It was going to take