I am writing to thank you for your congratulations at my success in the translation competition. In your letter, you told me that you want to know how to do well in translation. Here are some piece of advice.First, you need to grasp the basic grammar knowledge, that enables you to unde...
“My union with you during those seven weeks [in Italy] brought me to a state where I thought that for the first time I knew the meaning of love, and perhaps felt some ability to express this white sacred flame in my life and work.” After the publication of Rat & the Devil in 197...
In its stead was that of a much older man’s; the shell Jason had worn to his uncle’s funeral earlier that day. The same he’d boarded the train with. His sandy-blonde hair went silver-gray, his taut face muscles went soft, his cheeks jowly, his eyes sunken into recesses of ...
1. In pop culture, Cabot Cove has a reputation for an unholy amount of murders for one tiny little town—obviously an inspiration for bothBrindlewood BayandThe Village Library Demon-Hunting Societyby C.M. Waggoner, my first book of 2025. But thus far, Jessica Fletcher has actually spent fa...
Joe this is a great prompt, thank you for it and how you encourage me. Nervously I am letting go of my little story based on this prompt. They went to Los Angelos to meet his parents The light faded as the Chevy moved through the desert. Chewing on her nails, she watched Jesse from...
I can hardly express how grateful I am for your attendance at my brother’s funeral. It was so good of you to take the time to be with me and my family. Your kindness and compassion mean a great deal to us. Sincerely, ___ We hope the real-life...
Blake grabbed the grease board from the table, erased “THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT,” and wrote something on it. He read it out loud: “We are compliant and obedient and there is no need to worry about us.” Director Argans looked it over, huffed, and then her black eye brows shot ...
We couldn’t even have a funeral. Nothing I feel really makes sense. It’s like he did it to me. I live it over and over. I’m terrified in the dark, and I feel like he’s coming after me, and I’d almost welcome it.” ”Grief plays with your head,” he said. ”I lost...
For example, in Britain people clap at a wedding, but in Italy they sometimes clap at a funeral。例如,在英国人们在婚 礼上鼓掌,而在意大利人们有时会在葬礼上鼓掌。 M3 B4 Cultural Corner Clapping Why do we clap? To show we like something, of course。 But we don’t clap at t...
somehow my body was insistent on acting sick. I somehow managed to post a blog on the 14th Valentines day that brought a great number of wonderful comments to me about my writings. Thank you all for those wonderful comments. I kept thinking I was going to do this post and pass this awa...