Apple I

I envisioned a ranch with endless acres of apple trees blooming, a quaint house near the back with various farm animals roaming around, a Father and Mother watching their children play amongst each other on a sunny spring afternoon. I’ve seen this farm in person, it’s now commercialized for the local sale of apples from the trees that still reside to this day. The sole structure of the old modest adobe home still stands, no roof, just the greenery that’s surrounded and grown throughout the home…

I blame Jamba Juice. And McDonalds. And any other fast-food chain restaurant that offers treacly sweet smoothies touting them as a healthy alternative to coffee and sodas. The truth is, these smoothies offer not much in the way of a healthy drink and a lot in the way of unnecessary fructose. Let’s take a look at exactly what’s in a McDonald’s ‘real’ fruit smoothie: Strawberry Banana Fruit Blend Strawberry puree, banana puree, water, sugar, concentrated apple juice, contains less than 1% of the…

“What to write, what to write, what to write,” I thought out loud, “Short story ideas are harder than I thought!” We had commenced our short story unit in English. I was striving to come up with some ideas sitting on a stump along the primordial trail. Vines engulfed the forest in a corybantic scheme, encasing it in a velvety film of nature. Scintillating and radiant wildflowers grew along these vines, with butterflies of every discrepancy ravenously fluttering along these flowers. Deers crooned…

I see a young man with curly long hair wearing nothing but a hat, a long cloth wrapped around his left arm, and sandals. I also notice something on his chest that looks like a bandage and he is holding an apple with his left hand. As for his body language and position, he is not standing completely straight since most of his weight is on his left foot, while his right foot is standing at an opposite angle. In addition, I notice that he is touching his chin with his right finger while looking…

When Satan set’s his eyes upon Adam and Eve, it is doubtful they he knew how easy it would be to corrupt their minds. Eve, in my opinion was probably the easiest to manipulate and that is why Satan was delighted to come upon her first rather than Adam. Eve, is just like any other woman, so it is quite easy to distinguish what one needs to do to get on her good graces. Due to it being Eve, Satan tempted her with his evil offer by using flattery on her. Apparently flattery will get you anywhere.…

Chapter One I find it very odd how humans disagree over thing, and it then throws the entire world in a war. “I suppose it’s my turn to pick up the groceries,” I tell my mother. I walk outside, being very cautious of the bombs that might all any second. I walk, not being aware of the ground, into the biggest hole I’ve ever seen (at least in my experience)! I seem to fall for minutes upon minutes. How strange, I thought. It seemed deep, but not enough to be falling for what is about five…

morning. I had just woken up and my dogs were dying to take a walk. I grabbed their leashes and headed out the door. Right as both the dogs got outside they went crazy. Diego was tugging so hard on the leash, he was only on two legs, jumping like a rabbit. Charlie was scratching my leg trying to get my attention. I reached down to get him off my leg and Diego darted off down the street and around the corner. I thought he had seen a dog, but when I got to him, he was dragging around a whole leg.…

squinting face as I glanced up at the magnificent blue sky decorated with white, fluffy clouds that resembled cotton candy. I was outside exploring the vast backyard while barefoot. It was my first morning in the United States. My stepfather, my siblings, and I had arrived seven hours ago from the Philippines to our new home in Rhode Island from the T. F. Green Airport at around midnight. Last night was my first time seeing my mother in a year. I was furious, imprudent, depressed. Since I was…

"I just love the mornings,” Bilbo was thinking to himself. The night before, Bilbo had just saved the whole party from a giant spider, and they were all very thankful towards him, since if he wasn’t there, they all would’ve suffered one painful, sticky death. “Why don’t we sit down and enjoy a good morning meal, I bet most of us are sore from that spider, and there’s nothing like a good meal to make you feel better!” suggested Bilbo. The faces of the dwarves lit up, but only for a second,…

Common Theme~ The two stories, “If I forgot Thee, Oh Earth” and “Silent Spring” share a common theme of people destroying earth because they are not taking care of it. 2. “If I Forgot Thee, Oh Earth” by Arthur C. Clarke “Across a quarter of a million miles of space, the glow of dying atoms was still visible, a perennial reminder of the ruinous past” (165). I believe this is meant to say that the ruinous Earth the people created will always still be visible because of the glow. The…