My Grandmother’s House My grandmother’s house has a very special place in my heart. I lived with my grandmother for many years when I was little. Her house always seemed to have something about it that set it apart from all the rest. When walking in the front door of her house‚ there is a stairway as long as the Red River. It leads to the main hallway of the house. The strong smell of cigarette smoke would tickle my nose by the time I made it to the hallway. My grandmother’s house was always
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Katheryn White Dr. A. A. Bowers‚ Jr. WRT 1010: College Composition 1 27 October 2010 Relaxing Imagine yourself sitting in the sand as you would be sitting on a soft blanket in the grass. The sand grains warm your body like your sitting in a sauna‚ as the piercing sun reflects its boiling rays on the sand and your body. The glowing sun is directly above you; its rays feel like you’re inside an oven that you are yearning to get out of but the cool breeze of the ocean wind is keeping you wanting
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Photography is like any other art where the sky is the limit. The most important component to photography is the camera. I have a Nikon D3000 SLR digital camera. It is like one of my children. I go everywhere with it and when I don’t have I always feel like something is missing. It helps me bring my creative side to life and gives me just the shot I am looking for. It is heavy and sometimes a pain to carry but the weight is worth it for the end results. It has endless settings that I can adjust to
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Sean Morris 11/18/11 Per.3 Camping Every year my family and I take a camping trip somewhere in the Olympic National Park. As soon as I see that sign saying “Welcome to the Olympic National Park” I get a tingly feeling in my stomach that makes me happy. I roll down the window and smell that wonderful campfire smell of roasted hot dogs and smores‚ I finally know I have reached my wonderful destination. When we first arrive we set up our tents at the campsite faster
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My name is Kamilu. It is the only name I’ve ever heard and now what I call myself. I have grown up in a homeless shelter‚ in the beautiful lands of India. As a child this place never scared me even when I was alone at night with no mother to give me comfort. These old brick walls are my home. It is filled with the only people I’ve known my entire life. The superannuated streets are enclosed by the very building which the emperors lived. The walls are rich as the white pearl of gold. It has been carved
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Hello‚ Goodbye. I take my first step and duck my head into the too small plane. My nerves start to electrify as the realization sinks in that I am going to be in a different country in less than two hours. The minutes seem to drag on and on as I listen to the guy next to you snoring and the kid behind me kicks the back of my chair. The pilots’ rough voice comes on the intercom and says "Howdy folks‚ just wanna let you know that we are getting ready to land and we should be there in about ten short
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Randall 1 Nicole Randall Professor Rowley English 101 11 September 2013 Description Essay When all the pressure and worries about life are on my shoulders‚ I always like to escape to Hawaii. Just by going here relieves me from all my troubles and stress. For me‚ going here once a year takes away my problems. When I stepped out of the hot‚ stuffy plane into the bright sunlight beaming down across the burning pavement‚ I felt excited. I heard the screech of the sea gulls and the chatter
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Eric Darnley Professor Kelly English 095-2 23 April 2013 A Destination of Balance My life was a thrilling roller coaster ride of extreme highs and plummeting lows. The lows were so deep that I wished God would have reached down and taken me home. The highs I experienced were out of control; I was going Mach three on the fast track to being burnt out. Over the last two years I have learned that it is necessary to have balance my life. I decided to reward myself for achieving and
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June 1944. D-Day Landings. Rocketing across the water‚ the beach and sky blur into one. But in my mind everything is still‚ even calm in fact. My eyes dart around. I see men. Pain and panic fill their eyes. Some tremble as if catching a fever. Other soldiers clutch on to their weapons as if gripping onto their mother’s hand when learning how to walk. Some soldiers drink from their canteens‚ as if it’s the last drink to enter their bodies. I feel my heart race‚ blood pump through my veins. The Captain
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English 1301 Week 4 The Narrative Essay My First Flight The seasons are approaching in which families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. This time of year does not carry the same feelings for me as they did when I was young. I am a military spouse and my husband has been away for most of our holidays. One peculiar Christmas I received the opportunity to spend the holiday with him this was my first flight experience. The morning of my flight‚ I got up at 2 o’clock‚ said a prayer
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