Here we are once again. Once a year around Memorial Day weekend‚ my mother tries her best to put a dinner together for our big‚ country family. Every year is a disaster. I thought laughter and food (especially food) would make our family put our differences to the side and come together as a family. Last year‚ two of my optimistic aunties battled it out over who made the best chicken spaghetti. Let me tell you‚ that did not end well. “You bow-legged dried up frog!” yelled my Aunt Cathy. “Why
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Sometimes the snow melts just as quickly as it falls and other times it leaves you wondering if there will ever be an end in sight. On a scale of zero to ten in snow preparedness‚ Portland is probably at a two or three. Still‚ everyone loves a snow day and and its promise of a break. Do not be disillusioned though‚ as one’s love for snow can just as quickly turn into dismay. 2014 was such a year. With snow suddenly falling in February‚ everyone was caught off guard by the inclement weather. As
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Adam and Eve and Lilith The story of Adams first wife‚ Lilith It is said that the legend of Lilith was created first in the bible. She was known as Adams first wife who rebelled against him after she couldn’t get equality. However‚ she is also recognised from Hebrew mysticism‚ Sumerian legends‚ as a demon and as a vampire. It is said that she still lives today as she is an immortal demon. The legend of Lilith began when rabbis first noticed there were 2 accounts of the creation of woman in the
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weeklong‚ two-a-day wrestling camp. There I was‚ thrown into the deep-end‚ without a clue of how to wrestle. The other wrestlers constantly tossed me‚ took me down‚ and turned me on my back. The bruises and mat burns started appearing as I was beaten over and over again. This was not a fun experience. Battered and bruised‚ on the verge of tears‚ I told my brother that I couldn’t do this camp. I’ll never forget how he responded. "If you quit now‚ don’t think about joining wrestling
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It was a sunny day in Washington. Jax and I were taking a break from combat. We were visiting Washington so we decided to hike by Spirit Lake. It was 3:00 and ground started to shake Jax almost fell he said‚”Johnny what was that?“ I replied‚ “I do not know.” Then we looked at Mount Saint Helens and ash spewed out of the gigantic mountain. Everyone tried to get away put only very few could. There was no were we could go I said in a shout‚ “Into the water!” Everyone with no protection jumped into
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never a day where you could not satisfy my yearning for company. You were my security‚ my humble consort of the night. You were that resplendent crescent of the moon that permitted my repose in the swing of your gilded skin. Your skin‚ how it glistened on those summer days at the beach when we would frolic on the sand. We would take a promenade on the pier‚ and you would take candids of me twirling and smiling―my smile was awfully crooked―and laughing with your Polaroid. We would end the day being
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Colorado “ Come and eat.” Joe‚the leader of the trip‚ struggled to say because he was so tired‚ “Breakfast is going to be light this morning because we have along day head of us.” We all struggled to get out of our tents considering it was 5:30am and there was a mountain we had to start climbing in a half hour. All thirteen of us stood in a line like we did the morning before while we packed our lunches. The options available to us were an apple‚ cheese stick‚ peanut butter and jelly to make
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On the eve of the Civil War‚ the United States was a nation divided into four quite distinct regions: the Northeast‚ with a growing industrial and commercial economy and an increasing density of population; the Northwest‚ now known as the Midwest‚ a rapidly expanding region of free farmers where slavery had been forever prohibited under the Northwest Ordinance; the Upper South‚ with a settled plantation system and (in some areas) declining economic fortunes; and the Southwest‚ a booming frontier-like
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Spanish. They begin at the kindergarten level where vocabulary‚ short sentences‚ and passive comprehension of Spanish is stressed. The teacher speaks in Spanish while making use of many visual aids and using a great deal of body language. The children may use English when speaking‚ but they are encouraged to use Spanish vocabulary and expressions that they are comfortable with. They continue into the first grade where they learn to read in Spanish and are expected to make consistent use of the Spanish
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It’s the last day of 2014 and my family and I are out skiing in the Black Hills‚ SD for winter break. As an alpine ski racer‚ i generally like to downhill ski instead of cross country ski. But on January 31st‚ I make the stupid decision to go cross country skiing with my dad and sister. WORST DECISION I EVER MADE. We had about a half hour drive to the rental shop for my dad and I to get rental skis. My sister already had skis because she races for the school Nordic team. Once we had gotten our
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