Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Just Flowers
'Just Flowers' is my imaginary garden. I used my favorite color of blues in various shades along with orange, pink, and reds. I used green yellow color crayon for the leaves. The little bushes in between the flowers could be pussy willows, but I was not sure, so I used purple, blue, tan, red, and orange color to make them stand out. I did notice I missed one at the bottom. I should have colored the white space with light blue.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
LadyBugs
Here is another color art I entitled 'LadyBugs' using crayons. Also, preschool teachers could use it as a math activity for counting. How many ladybugs in all? How many red ones? How many blues ones? How many flowers are there all together? I guess the things with a leaf are flowers of some kind. I was going to color the white area with a sky-blue color but I just saw a worksheet that teachers could maybe use.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Timmy and Lassie
How many out there remember watching the old series about a little boy and his dog known as 'Timmy and Lassie'? I do not remember watching the original series that was known as 'Jeff's Collie', but the only time that I watched this show was early in the morning before going off to catch the school bus. I am a dog person and really liked watching any program with a dog. 'Timmy and Lassie' had a famous mother by the name of Ruth Martin portrayed by June Lockhardt and Timmy Martin was played by Jon Provost for how I remember that bit of information they did a reboot in the 1990's entitled 'The New Lassie' and Jon portrayed a grown Timmy now Steven for he changed his name for he thought Ruth and the father deserted him and he was sad. The original 'Timmy and Lassie' always had some impending crisis from someone falling down somehow and Lassie going and getting help and in the long run a social issue of the time was settled. If I remember right the last episode had Timmy taking Lassie to the home the Ranger. Also, I think that is when I really started watching the Lassie shows for Lassie and Ranger had many an adventure.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Night Smoke
'Night Smoke' is another story in the 'Night Tales' series by Nora Robert's. 'Night Smoke' is a story of a firefighter inspector by the name of Ryan Piasecki and how he meets Natalie Fletcher. Natalie owns and runs a fashion corporation that owns many warehouses that seem to be the target for an arsonist. Natalie is a woman who can take care of herself in many ways but one it seems, and Ryan may be the Inspector for her. Will Natalie see that Ryan just wants the best for her and that he is true in other ways as well.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Nightshade
Nora Robert's has written a novel entitled 'Nightshade' which is a part of a series of stories 'Night Tales' a series of four books. (Just a note: Not sure if 'Nightshade' is the first one, but I do not think it really matters which you read first.) 'Nightshade' is the story of a man who is a private investigator by the name of Colt Nightshade and how he meets Althea Grayson a lieutenant in the police force. Nightshade is on a case where he is helping a family find someone and Althea is working on case that is related to his. In true Nora Robert's fashion there are issues that each will have to work through and solve the cases required.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Attic
The sat in the kitchen after getting a drink of water. He started to think what a stone and seeds could mean. The boy thought a stone is heavy and seeds are light. If the stone is thrown through the window and then the seeds are blown through it could that be the reason, and maybe the spirit could be free. The boy decided to go back up the stairs to attic, but there was something blocking the stairs halfway up. He knew he was strong, but he could not budge the thing. The spirit kind of appeared and whispered "Not yet." The boy tried to ask his question "What is the purpose of the stone and seeds?" The spirit smiled and told him to think, and the spirit faded away. The boy turned around and then looked around the room and maybe if he took a walk some answers would come to mind. It was starting to rain, but the boy gathered his rear gear and took a walk.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
The Attic
The woman left and the boy went back into the house with the envelope. He went to the dining room and set on it on the table. The boy all of a sudden needed a drink and he went into the kitchen and there was a bird sitting at the window above the sink. They just looked at each other. He got his glass of water and drank. He then went back to dining room and picked the envelope back up and opened it. In the envelope were a few seeds and a short note saying that he should go out the front door and throw the seeds at the attic window and then wait a few days before going back to the attic. The boy was not sure what to do, but the paper seemed to be just falling apart in his hands. He did throw the seeds up at the attic window and then he crossed his fingers hoping he made the right decision. What will the spirit think? There was a stone and now seeds of some kind. What do they mean?
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
The Attic
The boy while sitting in the living room and looking out the front window started to think about what he saw from the attic window. He thought what he saw was in his mind, but the more he thought about it it seemed to be too real. He went back up into the attic and went all the way to the end of the room to see if what he saw earlier was still there or was it the same as what was outside the downstairs window. He very slowly lifted the old blind and took a peek. What he saw was the same as what was outside the downstairs window, but with one change. Everything was shrouded in a white mist. The boy decided to touch the window to see what would happen. Nothing for that is when the spirit appeared and told him not to go through the window. He asked why. The spirit told him that if he were to go through the window that he would become like the spirit. He was curious but he went back downstairs and again looked out the living room window.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
The Attic
The boy climbed back up the stairs to the attic the next morning and the stone was not on the shelf for he thought that was where he put it. The stone is now sitting about the halfway point right in the center of room. The boy feels a tremor through his body, and he closes his eyes just for a minute. He opens his eyes and the light at the end of room where there seems to be a window that was covered in dirt and dust seems to be somewhat clearer today. The boy goes up to it and looks through the window and sees an image. He turns away then looks back and out the window again. No image. The boy thinks. He goes back to the stairs and back down to the living room. He goes and sits in his chair by the window, and he looks out and it is the same scene as what he saw out the attic window he supposes.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
The Attic
The boy is sitting at the dining room table looking at the little box in found in the attic a few weeks ago. He is still wondering if he is going to open it or not. He is afraid but is very curious. He feels a slight breeze going through the house and he thinks it is just from outside for he left the front door open. He got up from the table and wandered around the table then he went out to shut the front door when he noticed that the attic door was slightly open a bit more than normal. The boy peeked in and not really knowing started to climb the stairs but for some reason he was going very slow up them and when he got to the top of the stairs, he sensed that something was not quite the same.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Fiction
Father Knows Best
Another old television show from the 1950's is 'Father Knows Best' or did he. This program starred Robert Young and Jane Wyatt along with Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The basic premise of the show was that dad was the person who knew all the answers to all the problems that occurred but was he really. There was always some problem and the show centered on one child's or parent's issue to get at a solution whether it was Betty getting ready for graduation, Bud getting a new car somehow or Cathy getting into trouble over what she has done or some other misunderstanding. The father went out to work, the mother stayed home and made the perfect home right down to vacuuming the walls for any dust. Boys did boy things and girls did girl things. To me I like how I was raised in the 1970's and we had a choice if boys wanted to playhouse/school or whatever or if the girls wanted to race bikes or play with trucks who cared. Oh, there were questions raised but we did our own thing.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Donna Reed Show
There was an old television show that was from the 50's and before my time called 'The Donna Reed Show'. Donna is a stay-at-home mom as most were in the 50's unless the woman was a nurse, teacher or secretary you were a homemaker. Each episode there was always some dilemma with the kids or the husband for the mother was the only one able to figure out a way to solve the problem. It also seemed that Donna was somewhat a perfectionist for the house was always just so. I know that it was a television show, but there were episodes that Donna was able to scrub and wax her kitchen floor, bake a cake and paint a room all in one day and still have dinner on the table for the family. Believe it or not I liked the show for it gave me a somewhat idea of what the 1950's were like before all hell broke out of the 1960's. The Donna Reed Show had a young Shelly Fabree, a young Paul Peterson and a few other actors that I remember from some shows from my younger days and even today. Some of the rules from the 50's should still be in practice today.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
