Category Archives: storytelling

Orion’s Belt

I wake up very very early. The world is silent and dark. Part of my morning ritual includes opening the balcony doors to allow fresh air inside. I automatically look up at the sky. Because there hovering over the building … Continue reading

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Tell Me Everything

For Madeleine who asked We all have stories to tell. It’s just that some of us are better than others at telling them. Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge have something in common. They both like to collect stories from “unrecorded … Continue reading

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Evolution and Decadence

Not all evolutions are the same. “Homo” is a genus of great ape (family hominidae) that we’re a part of. This genus, that’s produced several species, began its evolution in Africa about 2.5 million years ago. But our species, the … Continue reading

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Duello

Love is for the colorblind and childhood is our lifelong shadow. Sometimes it’s a friend, sometimes it’s a foe. One hot summer afternoon, in The Secret Life of Bees, two girls are in the yard playing with the water’s sprinkler. … Continue reading

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The Door

The instinct to survive can make us do strange things. As a result of the Great Depression, Hungary was economically desperate. The country began depending upon Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy for its survival. In 1940, Hungary became the fourth … Continue reading

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