some of the buildings are closer to the sea. Akin to many of the Lithuania's resorts Giruliai has both pre-war villas and Soviet "tourist bases" in its limits. The suburb has its own train station, but there are just a few daily passenger services...
“I take comfort in the joy of the resurrection to come, but I know you’re missing your husband this Easter season.” (Again, this expression of a friend’s faithacknowledges the current sorrow without imposing that faithon the bereaved.) If you haven’t yet known what to say to a gr...
And when we recognize that life doesn’t go on forever, then we find new passion to delight in the gifts of each and every day, and to take none of them for granted. One year, as I returned to my seat after imposing ashes upon dozens of worshipers, I sat next to my 12-year-...
Whatever the change is, be sure you understand why you want to make the change. Take a moment to think about a time in your life when you made a successful change or developed a new habit. What was your motivation for the change? What was your attitude at the time? What obstacles or...
Does knowing what to say when someone dies feel like walking on eggshells? (Walking on Eggshells photo by Teresa TL Bruce, TealAshes.com) You wouldn’t knowingly step barefoot into a kitchen littered with sharp, slippery shells. Who wants to walk on a surface that’s messy at best, hazard...
When I was in primary school,I had a dream.I hope that I won't have homework 当我小学时,我有一个梦想.我希望将来有一天可以没有有家庭作业.to do one day.But the time we can play have became less and less,and 1/3 in our 可玩耍的时间变得越来越少,而我们一天中的三分之一 day we we...
Katy and papa both took a fancy to her at once; and the families had grown neighborly and intimate in a short time, as people occasionally do when circumstances are favorable. “I’ll tell you all about it in a minute,” went on Katy. “But first I must find Alexander, and send ...
The first step to using this literary element is easy, and what most new writers think of when they start thinking about characters. it’s simply asking yourself,who is this person?(And again, I’m using “person” in the broadest possible sense.) What makes them interesting? Why is this...
When I look back upon my life It’s always with a sense of shame I’ve always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too It’s a, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a sin ...
The fire last week at Clandon Park in Surrey has reduced the house to a shell. It was an imposing 18th Century house, built in the Palladian Style for Thomas Onslow whose great-grandfather. Sir Richard Onslow, an MP in the Long Parliament had acquired the estate about a hundred years ear...