Campfire

species and seeds are not able to spread. The creation of human communities in chaparrals cause pollution which harms the animals and plants surviving in this biome. Adding to wildfires, humans also cause fires for example by leaving cigarettes or campfires while camping. By cutting down trees, nonnative plants grow in the areas that are more flammable. Many plants and animals are threatened when we create dams, and water divisions. C: Cooler during nighttime H: Hot Climate A: Adaptations to…

symphony of birds singing their morning greeting. The fresh scent of cedar trees wafted from the forest on a gentle breeze. I was in the wilderness. I unpegged my tent, and rolled my sleeping bag, which by now had become a routine. I reported to the campfire for the daily meeting with my fellow youth and leaders. It was the fourth day of the wilderness trip I took to Algonquin Provincial Park, in Canada. The trip was organized by my church's youth program as a way for our team to learn how to…

Knife Lake. Knife Lake is a 1,266 acre lake about 74 miles north of Minneapolis. Owen and Natalia were engaged and were going to get married on June 12th 1988. The night of the 27th at about 11:30 p.m. Ethan, Owen, and Natalia were sitting around a campfire and having a good time. A man wearing a red and black coat walked into their campsite. “Have you seen my dog?” the mysterious guy asked “No we have not seen a dog.” Owen…

Forest fires in the West A wildfire is an instance of uncontrolled burning in brush, grasslands, or woodlands. Wildfires can threaten the lives of people, and animals. It will also destroy property and natural resources. A wildfire can occur anytime of the year, but will most likely occur during hot, and dry weather. Wildfires are characterized by thick smoke that can be seen miles away. These fires can burn for days, and weeks. They have the potential to wipe out an entire forest. There are 3…

Immanuel Kant VS. The Empiricists and Rationalists Immanuel Kant’s view has the best supporting arguments to true knowledge and how to attain it. In comparison to the Rationalists and Empiricists, I believe Kant demonstrates the most realistic response of what true knowledge comes from. Immanuel Kant’s perspective joins both the rationalists approach and the empiricists ideas. Kant expresses, reasoning and sensory processes are both important factors to uncovering certain or true knowledge.…

Being in the military is advertised as a happy time, circled around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and singing war songs such as Keep the House Fires Burning or Pack Up Your Troubles (Maddocks). This false reality leaves men unprepared for the upcoming harrowing experiences they will endure. Paul explains how “no one had…

Fahrenheit 451 Montag lives in a society where books aren’t allowed, but when he starts realizing things his feelings change about books and love. Clarisse a girl comes into Montag’s life and shows him a different view in love. Also, an old man, Fabor, Montag met at the park shows Montag a different view in books. Montag believed that reading books were useless and that he’s in love with mildred, but towards the end Montag learns from Clarisse and Fabor that books are more than words on paper…

Nature is something that has surrounded us for thousands of years and will continue to surround us for many more years to come. Whether we realize it or not, at some point in our life nature has helped shape us into who we are today. Some people may say nature brought them closer to their cultural heritage, while others may say nature helped inspire them to have a clearer picture of reality. I personally relate nature more to my cultural heritage which also defines some of my moral values that I…

"Mommy!", echoes the little girl who loses the grip of her mother's hand in the newly-opened, extremely busy fun fair in town. The shrinking feeling invades her stomach, as her mouth gapes wide and her eyes start stinging with tears at the thought of being lost in a sea of strange, unknowing people. A goosebump-erupting disaster, that is, for every young'un who simply wished for an ordinary day of merrymaking with their families and friends. Although, fear not, for it does have its perks! Oh,…

Podcast Hi, I’m Lachlan and today i’ll be reviewing Don’t Starve a popular survival game where pretty much everything in it tries to kill you in some way or another, whether it’s from a swarm of bees, rotten food, starvation, wild packs of hell hounds, frogs or the dark creatures that haunt you at night. You are spawned into the dangerous realm by some strange old gentleman, you start off as Wilson the scientist in a randomly generated demonic world. When it comes to figuring out how to stay…