Tiny transparent creatures Picture a little green frog with skin so transparent you can actually see its heart beating! The glass frog is one of the coolest animals on the planet! Living in rainforests, glass frogs look really cool and they have bellies so clear, you can actually see inside of them. Although they live Read more…
Flexing my Favoto I strapped my helmet on and prepared for my first solo Favoto trip to soccer practice. My dad was still at the office, and my mom was at the Rotary club, stuffing shells for the big Women’s Gala coming up on Friday; Alice had left for college 8 months ago, and I Read more…
A Journey Through the Familiar: William T. Vollmann’s California In 2006, Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland came up with an idea to write a book. It took them two years to pull together a collection of travelogues, detailed narratives, and encapsulating essays. State by State: a Panoramic Portrait of America, was to be a compilation Read more…
The ending of Book Four (The Two Towers) is abrupt and somewhat of a cliff-hanger. I think it’s kind of sad that Gollum didn’t have a better character development. I expected him to change into a better person because of Frodo’s kindness, but after all, he’s been wretched and wicked for quite a long time Read more…
From Comfort to Despair: the Cozy Lairs of J.R.R. Tolkien In reading The Hobbit, one would think Tolkien to be a man of great comfort, as comfort is celebrated by most of the characters. When individuals read this extraordinary book, they would most likely do so while in a comfortable position, enhancing the book’s entertainment Read more…
