My Plant Is Always Thirsty My Pretzel Is Always Twisted My Pencil Is Always Topped My Pool Is Always Tepid My Postman Is Always Timely My Pantry Is Always Tidy My Parting Is Always Tearful My Passport Is Always Travelling My Packing Is Always Tight My Parcel Is Always Tracked WINNER: My Pu...
More About This Book CANDY BOMBER: THE STORY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT'S “CHOCOLATE PILOT.” Michael O. Tunnell This is the true story of Gail Halvorsen, an American pilot and real-life hero, who parachuted small bags of candy over the war-torn city of Berlin, giving hope to children and...
“There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” “It’s a lot more complicated than that—” “No. It ain’t. When people say things ar...
Diana Wynne Jones is a very well known British writer who passed away a few years ago, and is one of those folks whom I’ve been hearing about for years (she’s a great favorite of Neil Gaiman), but had never quite gotten around to reading. Or, so I thought. In fact, the more ...
The Dragon fly also reminded me of how much I enjoy when the tempo is slower. Oh sure, we all loved when the beat changed from clingy slow dance to crazy head-banging mania in the song “Free Bird” at those school dances. But let’s face it, the slow dance was easier, and the ...
Your life is organized like an orbit. I know. 了解了这点,就知道为何四年于相隔千里的我们,似乎只是弹指一挥间而已。 我其实了解小女儿的心理,是希望多一点surprise多一点romantic多一点傻里吧唧的指天划地的。可惜我这方面的才能似乎多用在0,1组成的无机世界里了,于是只能委屈她了。大多数的时间,她就一...
But it was a really good thing to do on my first day, because I quickly realized that a huge swath of Oslo is wrapped around this harbor and all within fairly easy walking distance. That saved me $80 right off the bat, because I realized I didn’t need the 30-day transit pass. I...