There’s a big jump down to the next most viewed,Is Gentrification Good Or Bad Or Neither (Or Both), with 290 views. There’s a much more steady decrease after that, down to the least most viewed: two placeholder/interludes and my cool story aboutGeorge and the Dragonwhich was actually...
This post is a positive one that focusses on what I am grateful for (mainly, who I am grateful to) that has enabled me to get to this point, where I have the privilege of an award that means a lot to me. First and foremost, the most important thing is that I thank my family. ...
In waltzes a young Darlene with the sexy sway the older Darlene still possesses and sweeps Jacob off his feet and it dawns on us that everything he has become was set in motion by this siren. The young Darlene is as insane as the older one but it takes him a lifetime to realize ...
Not as it is today when many of us aspire to Chanel for all the wrong reasons. In the fifth decade of the twentieth century soaps and hairsprays smelled of the influence of Chanel in America. It was as if the thought of Paris glamour could be found with in the bubbles that floated ...
Ampeater Music is a website devoted to bridging the gap between unsigned (or just plain underexposed) artists and music lovers everywhere. Every day we feature a different artist on what we call The Ampeater Review. Each fea
Again, it's all about nostalgia. When I was a kid, I was CONVINCED we had submerged, even if you COULD see the water's surface from your seat on the vessel. But that's what Disney is all about...magic and imagination. If Walt had been alive and saw the awe and wonder in my ...
The John of 10 years ago is very different from the one of today. Being visible about being invisible helps me, and can benefit others. This post is an ongoing summary of my experiences, and a retrospective (in chronological order): What’s In John’s Brain?–16 December, 2012: The ...
tells his daughter where he keeps his soul: “Sixteen miles away… is a tree. Round the tree are tigers, and bears, and scorpions, and snakes; on the top of the tree is a very great fat snake; on his head is a little cage; in the cage is a bird; and my soul is in that ...
Here is the grace that Samta has found: When her father died at the dawn of the pandemic, the whole world went into mourning with her. Everyone’s parties were canceled. No one went back to work. The mechanic who does her family’s oil changes read it in the paper and sent flowers...
The forest was alive with the sounds of nature. 1 Noise Disruptive sounds that can cause annoyance. The constant noise of the alarm was irritating. 1 Sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid....