thats when the "secrets" like to whisper in your ear-"pull me"…the devil wants to keep us down b/c he wants misery in his company. he has already lost so he is looking for others. Putting this out there, your confession, bumps you up to winning side already. That takes alot of...
Look at the small bumps (taste buds) on each others’ tongues. Try tasting a sweet (orange slice with sugar coating), sour (lemon or dill pickle), bitter (unsweetened chocolate), and salty (pretzel or Frito) food and finding the place on the tongue where that type of food is best tas...
19. Speed bumps are for real:Mexican speed bumps are everywhere and are best described as sizable mounds that force drivers to slow down. Warnings of their presence are elusive although there are signs on the roads. Be super attentive when you’re driving and walking. 20. Car rental is str...
I’ve picked up a handful of bites each summer, some of them quite painful but I don’t believe I’ve been feasted on quite like this since moving to Colorado. Both arms, my legs and the back of my neck are a rash of little red bumps, each one feeling as though I’ve been sta...
Here’s what I do know. When it comes to my life, I am standing at the top of the mountain, looking down, way down, and without hesitation or contemplation I am holding on for dear life as I fly down the mountain and despite hitting some serious bumps along the way I know I will...
behind on dry days a trail of black crow feathers and tiny brown acorns. So now we don our cozy jackets and set out to enjoy long walks here in our urban forest and on the busy seawall, the echo of tree frogs and the rough call of the raven never too far away just like those ...
(Ariel pushes Flounder through and wriggles out behind him. He screams as the shark bursts through the wall and chases them around the ships'. Flounder bumps into a crossbeam. The shark lunges towards him, but misses as he sinks towards the bottom with a dazed look. Ariel spots him and ...
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With the breaking dawn and a now empty house, I begin my morning solo with a series of errands around town. The guy behind the counter at the convenient store belts out a “My friend! How are you?” as I walk through the door. I’m certain not to be unique among the tide of pat...
All your verses are bursting with these good things, which fall very pleasingly on the ear and can be profitably used, so long as you don't look for anything more behind them. "But tell me, my most excellent melancholicus, if Mosch Terpin's lectures really do offend and annoy you so ...