Lock the eyelid-doors and shut out the wild dance of tempting scenes. Drop your mind into the bottomless well of your heart. Hold the mind on your heart that is bubbling with life-giving blood. Keep your attention tied to the heart, until you feel its rhythmic beat. With every heartbeat feel the pulse of almighty […] Read more

When the man had finished, he filled his pipe and took his comfortable time over a smoke. Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear-flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork. The dog was disappointed and yearned back toward the fire. This man did […] Read more

He worked slowly and carefully, keenly aware of his danger. Gradually, as the flame grew stronger, he increased the size of the twigs with which he fed it. He squatted in the snow, pulling the twigs out from their entanglement in the brush and feeding directly to the flame. He knew there must be no […] Read more

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Preface Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. — Charles Lamb Chapter 1 When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about […] Read more

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock, In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock, From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block! To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock, In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, […] Read more

To the Corps By David Knize I am highly trained and highly skilled. I live by principals that form the foundation for leadership. I am strong, I am always faithful and I am fearless. I serve with honor and protect with devotion and dignity. I am a humanitarian, a peace keeper and a strategic warrior. […] Read more

Chapter 1 Limpy stuck his head out of the grass and peered up and down the highway. He felt his crook leg twitching and his warts tingling like they always did when he was excited. And scared. All clear. No headlights speeding out of the darkness. No trucks, cars, buses, or caravans thundering down the […] Read more

American Tire Supply (casual, conversational, let go of your diction a little, animated, BE YOURSELF) Free. Now when’s the last time ya’ heard that? A while…right? Well at American Tire Supply, when you buy one all-weather radial tire, you get another one free! Plus, get a free alignment! Hey, with a deal like this, how […] Read more

Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, in the Bronx, the son of Hungarian immigrants. As a young man he joined the Navy and after being wounded in Guam in World War II, took up acting in New York City. In the late 1940s, Universal Studios signed Curtis and launched him on […] Read more