A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
Ann Bailey shares about some of the winged and four-legged creatures that are permanent and seasonal residents of her farmstead.
The Yorkshire Asian Business Community Action group is hosting the Building Connections workshops to build young people’s employability skills and boost their chances of landing a job. The first session, at Unity Enterprise’s Leeds Media Centre in Chapeltown, Leeds, saw Satvir Meen, project leader with YABCA, lead discussions about the importance of first impressions, confidence and having the right mindset. A YABCA spokesman said: “Throughout the session, Satvir imparted expert knowledge and...
An Australian man who was named Donald Trump at birth and now spends his life impersonating the former US President says he plans on eventually running the country.
Conservation Funding Helps Keep Family Farms Viable Authored by Tom Croner via RealClear Wire, I’m an 81-year-old, seventh-generation farmer working with my son T. Richard on a multigenerational grain and hay farm in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. We grow corn, soybeans, wheat, rye, and hay. I'm proud to see him out there by himself at night, and regret that I can’t always join him. As the Bible says in John 3:16: “That God so loved the world, he gave his only son.” I don’t know...
When Garth Stevenson, a nature musician and composer, carried his 6-foot-tall double bass instrument with him to Antarctica, he had a life-changing experience when he imitated whale calls on his instrument. He ended up drawing 12 sei whales to the edge of the icebreaker where he stood making music. Having grown up in the mountains of Western Canada, Stevenson has always connected his music to nature, but this experience in Antarctica revealed the two-way connection between humans and our natural...
MUMBAI, (IANS) – Actress Manisha Koirala said that being away from the film industry helped her to look at life in a different way. She said being in front of the camera and moving away as “enriching”. Manisha, has made her series debut with Heeramandi: […]
Stray animals are abundant, especially in other countries. Their plight is heartbreaking and that is why stories like this one are incredibly inspirational. While on vacation, Amy and her close friend expected a typical trip filled with sightseeing and enjoyment. However, their plans changed dramatically when they encountered a desperate stray dog seeking help. The pup came up to them and gently pleaded for pets and medical care. Amy immediately felt a connection with the dog, whose pitiful...
From house plants and gardens to fields and forests, green is the color we most associate with surface life on Earth, where conditions favored the evolution of organisms that perform oxygen-producing photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll a.
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A group of strangers jumped into action to help save a man’s life after he was riding his bicycle and collapsed.
William Guy Amick III, 36, also goes by “E.” He lived in Mabel and Rushford, Minn., for approximately two years until May 2023. His whereabouts since that time are unknown.