As if, at any moment, the lights would blur and go cold, and I’d open my eyes to see a sorrowful little civil servant saying no, there’s been a mistake –did you really think something good might happen in this world? And that moment did come; it just took another two years. T...
As if, at any moment, the lights would blur and go cold, and I’d open my eyes to see a sorrowful little civil servant saying no, there’s been a mistake –did you really think something good might happen in this world? And that moment did come; it just took another two years. T...
As recently as 10 years ago, the only way a commercial software vendor could distribute its product was to copy it onto some physical medium and sell the copies, perhaps through retailers, just as book, music, and film producers did. But the creation and distribution of physical copies adds ...
The child’s mother placed her hand gently on the purring Tabby’s forehead. “Blessings upon you, Tabby-cat, for this sweet gift given to me and my child,” she said. And where she’d touched Tabby’s brow, there appeared anM—the sign of the Madonna’s benediction. From that day ...
Jessica Strawser did an amazing job of packing in so many big themes. I love the exploration of family, a sisterhood (chosen and through blood), motherhood, and forgiveness. The theme of marriage/relationship was also written about so well. I love how we get so much about each character ...
at the site of the now-deserted Wampanoag village of Patuxet. There they sat for the next few months in crude shelters - cold, sick and slowly starving to death. Half did not survive that terrible first winter. The Wampanoag were aware of the English but chose to avoid contact them for...
Flabbergasted I stammered a ‘yes, how did you know?’ She said someone called her and had my wallet in their possession, and asked me to contact him. I explained I was about to run into an important meeting and couldn’t do it, but could she arrange somehow (in fact, I had to wa...
I always envied my bosses who made more money than I did. Now I made the same or more and, unlike them, I had the time to enjoy it. SKEPTICISM I’m sure you’ve seen advertisements that promise 6-figure salaries for very little work. Because you’re smart, you know these are almos...
You're not a "serious" retailer without a physical presence.Yet the headlines keep warning "Another Serious Retailer Shuddered Their Doors Today!" The pop-up shop has positioned itself in the last few years as a way to hyper-focus on the brand's core val
Did I really write that? How could such guttural expression have come from me, the cube dwelling citizen of this plastic empire? I bring myself to tears with the release of emotions and truths I had buried deep in an unconscious place. The lamp of words lightens up my heart and draws ...