I turned and saw a casually-dressed man calling to us. “They finally getting rid of those?” He gestured to the apartments, which—if possible—looked to be in worse shape in the back than they were in the front. “I’ve contacted the State Department of Health a couple of times ab...
9. Let her walk in the security of Your assigned worth to her. Give her a strong work ethic and health to accomplish all her tasks. Give her a heart that desires to extend her hand to those in need. Protect her for the right husband, a man of respect and godly honor. And let her...
If you're young enough, it's okay for a couple of years-but those who pursue it after age twenty-five, thirty at the limit, learn that what seemed paradise is mere scenery, a curtain that, lifting, reveals pitchforks and fire. Yet gradually I was absorbed into this squalid caravan, th...
Though Capote had given the couple an alias (a courtesy he hadn’t extended to Gloria Vanderbilt or Lee Radziwill), everyone knew the actual people involved: Babe; her husband, CBS chairman Bill Paley; and Happy Rockefeller. The fallout was swift: Keith and Babe Paley quickly dropped C...
I was fortunate to get the association of a very senior devotee sometime back. After meeting this devotee a couple of times my heart longed to get some opportunity to serve this amazing devotee. There didn’t seem to be any chance for me as the needs of this particular devotee are very...
the top layers of plaster had been torn down and tossed away, the deepest layers of the walls were still charred. Black as oil, crackled as drought-ridden soil. Ellis stood in what would soon be a bathroom, pointing out the tub and sink locations for the benefit of the group. But me...
A young Irish couple gets together, splits up, gets together, splits up—sorry, can't tell you how it ends! Irish writer Rooney has made a trans-Atlantic splash since publishing her first novel, Conversations With Friends, in 2017. Her second has already won the Costa Novel Award, among...