After a great interval of time he became aware that he was near the lower edge of the snow. Below, down what was now a moon-lit and practicable slope, he saw the dark and broken appearance of rock-strewn turf He struggled to his feet, aching in ...
Most people have heard these words of Mother Teresa, ‘the greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are...
sustained humming with the sound really forward on your so your lips buzz. The quieter you are, the more breath control you’ll need. If you really focus on bringing the sound forward, the sound won’t carry as much as you think. Then try some humming...
To everything, there is a season… and an appropriate type of feedback for every stage of a writing project. (Bonus points for humming the tune from The Byrds after reading that sentence.) For example, authors sometimes ask me to look at the structure and general approach of a book manus...
Wiendrbac moves over to sit at Bini's booth, taking the opposite one, leaving Bini's her own or at the very least, Swiftfoot and her on the other. "You really do look good, Bini. Sorry bout the teasin', yeah?" Bini sighs and raises her middle finger, propping a cheek up on ...
aA hummingbird is very fast. It can fiy straight up and down. It can even fly backwards. 蜂鸟非常快速地是。 它能fiy直接上上下下。 它可能甚而飞行落后。[translate] aLes me think.oh.I get it.did you go to spain? Les我think.oh。我得到您去西班牙的it.did ?[translate] ...
And when they reached home she was humming it, but she felt cold and went to bed, and the doctor came, and for over a month he came every day, but she was always cold, and Aunt Ellen was there, always smiling, and the doctor, always smiling, and the uneaten tangerines shriveled ...
Compounding is not just for nouns. Verbs like to get into the action, as do adverbs, a kind of word that can’t be in a relationship without trying to modify its partner. Prepositions, the words that let you know what’s up and what’s going down participate, as do adjectives, those...
macrochiresnoun(n. pl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. macrocosmnoun(n.) The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm....
for a moment, but the bee has a passion stronger than its love of life or fear of death, namely, desire for honey, not simply to eat, but to carry home as booty. “Such rage of honey in their bosom beats,” says Virgil. It is quick to catch the scent of honey in the box, ...