Having read a biography of Leonardo Da Vinci, and interested in a side-by-side exploration of history and fiction, Jonathan wrote this short story about marsh tern innovations in bug-catching, unwittingly inspired from the master’s ‘greasy hands’. Marsh Tern It was a fine day in the Pontine Marshes while the fresh Read more…
I was watching the comedy show on a cruise with my friends when the comedian asked for a volunteer. I watched to see if anyone would raise his or her hands. There were many but I was not one of them. Then the comedian went into the audience and picked out a person – that Read more…
Roosevelt, Vidal; Reagan, Buckley The two modern political traditions of our country are liberalism and conservatism, and they can be characterized by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, respectively. These two men established standards of excellence that politicians now aspire to. Gore Vidal and William Buckley Jr. are two of the most Read more…
Morality and Perspective in Eudora Welty’s Flowers for Marjorie and A Memory The great thinker Socrates once said, “A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.” This statement of Socrates reflected his frustration with an Read more…
I have just read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and I think it is a fabulous book. Madeleine L’Engle was born in 1918 and died in 2007. She was an American author known for her children’s books. Madeleine L’Engle wrote lot of different books such as Time Fantasy, A Wind In The Door, Read more…
