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Just Look At Me
Just look at me what do you think I am thinking about. Do you think I am angry or something else that I do not know how to explain. I was just laying around minding my own business when this swarm of bees started to come around me for absolutely no reason. I didn't have any honey stuck to my fur or anything that would draw them to me. What could the reason be? I looked around and I still do not know why they are buzzing around me this time. Can you help me figure it out now, please?
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Nebraska
Just finished for the second time a historical fiction novel titled 'Nebraska' by Dana Fuller Ross that is Book Two of the Wagons West series. Book Two picks up in Independence where Cathy says good-bye to her sister Claudia and brother-in-law Sam. Cathy Van Ayl and Whip Holt and the first wagon train to Oregon start to head across the Great Plains of what will be Nebraska. There will be a lot of ups and downs as their journey progresses whether personal of professional in nature. There is a lot of treachery going on behind the scenes being committed by emissaries from Great Britain and Russia as well as from several of the Indian nations that hope to stop Westward expansion of the United States.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Who remembers????
Who remembers all the commercials back in the 1970's about stopping forest fires and stopping all sorts of pollution? There were a lot of them especially on Saturday mornings. When I was much younger and watching Saturday morning cartoons there were always these characters from a Native American Indian, I think, his name was 'Iron Eyes Cody' I'm not sure of his tribe though, but the commercial always showed him walking through the woods admiring nature, then having approached a highway and walking through trash and seeing a car drive by and the people just throwing their trash out the car window the camera pans back to him with a close-up of him with a tear running down his cheek.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah has written another great book that will take you back in time to the early 70's and 80's and into the future of Alaska. This novel is titled 'The Great Alone' and is the story of Leni and Cora Allbright and how they survived physically and emotionally as mother and daughter with a husband and father that they loved but were also afraid of a lot of the time. Leni and Cora made a lot of friends that would have helped them any way that they could.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Jams and Jellies
Here are four friends of two different families one is from Jams and the others are from Jellies. Their names are Raspberries and Sour Cherries. All four thought that they could be related somehow. They started to ask some questions. "What is the difference between jam and jelly?" "Does it really matter to us?" They heard that one is 'thicker' than the other is that so. They sat around and thought and thought about this and figured out that they were all delicious. Jams liked Jellies and Jellies liked Jams and they decided not to wonder why any more now.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
A Party of Books
Have you ever wondered what the books do after the library closes at night? I believe that all the books have a party of sorts. The reference books are the leaders who every once in a while like to relax and read some fiction. The fiction novels like to learn things and ideas and the reference books share their information. Other areas of the library like the children's section gets a little overly excited and has to be quieted down so the classic novels and poetry books share their material that seems to work in bringing quiet to the library.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The mixer and the blender
This is a story of two appliance cousins a blender and a stand-up mixer. The blender seems to think that he is the better of the two, and the mixer says that he is. Who's is better? The blender can combine, blend, crush, etc., but the mixer says that he can do that to, and he can do a lot more in his bowl that you, the blender can do in that pitcher of yours. Then why doesn't your owner ever bring you out more often other than holidays? asked the blender. Good question the stand mixer wondered as well.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Happy Halloween!!!!
On Halloween Day one still has to be careful. Out walking her dog, she thought she heard some sort of noise. She hunched over her dog looking out from behind him. He was flinching yet but the look in his eyes he knew something was not right. The woman and dog starting to stand up straight and decided to walk but a quicker pace, but the feeling was not leaving. She looked around and around to make sure no body was behind. All of sudden it was eerily quiet and she wondered is this it to her dog, her friend.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Toxicity of Hustle Culture
Another dream that did not reach its fruition, another soul that was shattered by its externality. It is heartbreaking to hear the recent news about a dynamic young professional , Anna Perayil, living in Pune, from EY who took her life due to extreme work pressure and a toxic workplace environment.
By Hridya Sharma2 years ago in Critique
Winnie Meets Paddington
Okay, what would happen if Winnie met Paddington on a seesaw? Well, here it goes. Here we go up and down, up and down, says Pooh. Yes, we certainly are up and down, says Paddington. It is almost time for a break, Paddington told Pooh. Why don't we stop the seesaw and have a snack that we can share. Okay, Pooh said. I hope you like marmalade. I hope you like honey. They both said at the same time. They sat on a log and had their snack. They rested and headed back to the seesaw to have more fun.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Curtain
Hello there. I am a beige curtain hanging from a window that has shutters on the outside. I believe the window is open, but there is not a draft to be felt. Oh, so I like to wave in the wind. It is such a nice feeling, and it shakes off the dust that accumulates so fast. I thought that shutters would keep some of the dust outside. Hey, I am right here, and I try but when I am open how I am supposed to do what you want. Cut me a break. Maybe they will shut me nightly.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
