Sing Sing’s main block ran parallel to the Hudson, with several outbuildings, shops, and the two-hundred-cell women’s jail running perpendicular to it and toward the riverfront. A series of tall chimneys rose out of the various buildings on the grounds and completed the image of a very dreary factory, one whose principal product, by that […] Read more

“Miss Grimes,” Waxillium said, “are there other matters that will need my attention today?” “You wish to hear of them now?” she asked, frowning as she bustled to keep up. “Anything to keep my mind occupied, dear woman,” Waxillium said. Rust and Ruin . . . he was so nervous that he caught himself reaching […] Read more

Chapter 9: Woodshedding and Script Analysis Let Go Of Judgments and Inhibitions An important part of the woodshedding process is to experiment with your choices out loud, exactly the way you intend to perform the lines. This means you can’t hold back just because you are afraid of what someone nearby might think. Always keep […] Read more

When the Franklins came to this country from England, they were Protestants due to the Reformation and continued the rest of their lives here with the Episcopal Church. My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote […] Read more

ANIMALS AT PLAY The end seemed very near for Hudson, a Canadian Eskimo dog tethered near the shore of Hudson Bay east of Churchill, Manitoba. A thousand-pound polar bear was lumbering toward the dog and about 40 others, the prized possessions of Brian Ladoon, a hunter and trapper. It was mid-November; ice had not yet […] Read more

Sophie couldn’t Sleep. A brilliant moonbeam was slanting through the gap in the curtains. It was shinning right onto her pillow. The other children in her dormitory had been asleep for hours. Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still. She tried very hard to doze off. It was no good. The moonbeam was like […] Read more

The first twigs are thin, green, and supple. They bend into a complete circle, but will not break. Their delicate, showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping style. They beat us differently in the spring. Instead of the dull pain of a winter strap, there were these new […] Read more

A striking lesson in keeping the upper lip stiff is given in a recent number of the weekly bulletin of ‘The Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors’ that prints the following letter from a bricklayer in Golders Green to the firm for whom he works. Respected sir, When I got to the top of the building, […] Read more

The Century of Change is the story of Americans who combined their native skills with the growing torrent of new knowledge to improve the quality of life for themselves and their children. Like the sewing machine, countless other inventions and techniques appeared to help this determination become a reality. The story is not a routine […] Read more