Many children believe Trafalgar Square – home of Nelson’s Column – features on the set of East-Enders. Research carried out to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar shows many schoolchildren believe that Horatio Nelson was captain of the French national football team in the 1990s. Almost one-in-four also said that ships evacuated British [...]
Hello…..Don’t be alarmed, I am a form of consciousness and it is normal for me to be speaking to you today. For one night only I will tell you about the major points of the life that is to unfold before you. Oh and congratulations on getting through birth. It can be difficult. Anyway [...]
The effervescent moon transcending across the bay, As sand licks against wet edges of movement – ocean-scented of fish and algae, tangent with aromas of life, So ever full of joy and cascading currents of time. Immediate wakefulness of sea creatures and lapping waves as time trickles by, Forever gay in its luminescence, and still, [...]
Reviled through time, he stalks the land Where unseen creatures hide from sight Among the unsuspecting hoards… Lingering, searching for one more bite Blood lust grows stronger with each kill The night shields him from detection Little he cares for their cries and screams To him,their cattle, there’s no affection He Knows his kind is [...]
In the tradition of the scariest night of the year, Halloween, how about taking a journey back in time with me to look at some of the scariest movies ever made? I pulled up Google, did a search and after perusing several lists, here’s what I came up with. Leave a comment and tell us about [...]
If you never walked in the forest after smoking green leaves, or connected, side by side, friend on friend, smelling sweet sweat, soft sweetness of the soil, or rolled around in high grass, removed your clothes to swim nude in a lake, picked dead dandelions for a friend – Then you will not dream about [...]
I must have been Iranian in a previous life Living on the outskirts of old Qom or great Tehran Cutting ripe apricots in half with cháqú knife Eating Ash-e anār and lamb during night of fun Give me a pomegranate half, let my tongue be moist For I can taste the blood of lions in [...]
Tang’s Donuts was not an unusual name for a small coffee and donut shop on the rather seedy eastern edge of Hollywood, but the most common activity that transpired there, night after night, until the weeest hours, certainly was. It was speed chess, played with a special chess game timer—played only in that way—and played [...]
Remember plagiarism? Remember how bad it was to copy some else’s work without duly referencing and crediting them? And remember copyright? Remember how what you made up and wrote down belonged to you – became the property of your intellect – and needed to be duly referenced and credited when someone else copied it into [...]
Enslave me in Your grace oh Lord Advocate Guide me to be Your spokesperson, Your device Set me on fire with Your love, that I may be met With the tears of heaven when I praise You thrice For I have seen the beautiful feet of those Who bring the good news of Your conquest [...]
