The Hunger Games are the ultimate reality show: A fight to the death among 24 young people (the tributes), one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts, while the rich and spoiled people of the Capitol watch on, and bid for their favorites. Only a winner is allowed. A winner that will never be hungry again or forced to participate in the games. The Games take place every year in [...]
by Chrysa SmithI couldn't wait until the little fellas got here.Now, I can't keep up with them.Despite the record heat, I had a great bumper crop of tomatoes----round, red, ripe and delicious. But, not wanting to waste a precious one, I've been cooking with them, eating them on bread and giving them away in order to keep them in use by those who might appreciate them. It's been no easy task. So today, [...]
by Chrysa SmithIn the warmer months of the year, my husband's been known to play on up to three recreational softball teams at the same time. Who's afraid of growing old? I digress. Forgive me. The real point of my writing here is not to talk about his desire to keep the athlete running well into senior years, but to talk and giggle about middle-age men, just as catty and manipulative as a [...]
A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs--and Cries--Over the MuckBy: Mary Fran Bontempo They finally plugged it up.After nearly four months of destruction, when an explosion blew open an under water oil well, B.P. finally figured out the technology necessary to cap the well and halt the spewing oil, which had devastated wildlife and livelihoods throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States.Technically speaking, the fix wasn’t all that complicated, at least conceptually. Fill the pipeline [...]
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Based on Diana Wynne Jones's novel of the same title, Howl's Castle is a visually stunning movie by Hayao Miyazaki, the director of My Friend Totoro, Kiki Delivery Service and the Academy Award Winner Spirited Away, among others. Both in the book and in the movie, Sophie, a 17 year old milliner, is turned into a 90 year old woman by the wicked witch of the Waste. The girl has no idea why. [...]
