Days of Wine and Roses

glasses I had placed on the floor fell leaving a crack either side of them as the gust of wind engulfed the apartment. I felt a sinking feeling as I pulled the store-bought pizza out of the oven, it was burnt. However, looking at the candles, wine and red roses, there was still hope, it was still reminiscent of our first date. Our first date was magical. Julie and I were in sync, immersed in her scent, passion and musk. She was spark. She was light. She was a firecracker. We were one and the…

China first introduced the world to tea, and according to Chinese tradition the first cup was brewed by Shen Nung, an emperor who reigned 2737-2697. It was claimed that like wine and coffee, the tea was created by accident. It is said that Nung was boiling water to drink, when a gust of wind brought some leaves into his pot. When he drank the tea, it was found refreshing. Tea is a mix of dried leaves, flowers and buds of the evergreen bush, Camellia sinensis. The drink quickly spread throughout…

When you open yourself up and allow creative energies to burst and then embrace the ideas, your life will change dynamically. You can also consider getting together with a group of friends and have a delicious, art filled, fun night. Pour some wine and design or craft together. My favorite is jewelry making parties. As you chat, sip and design, the creative sparks will start to pop. Nurture and trust those sparks so they can grow into…

they did not have the infrastructure to fellowship in large buildings, many of them gathered together in house churches. They met on the day Jesus rose from the grave, Sunday, unless they went to Synagogue, in which they met on Saturday. The tradition of meeting on Sundays set soon becomes normative for Christians, as from this point on Sunday is the general day of meeting. Many of these Messianic Jews did not abandon Judaism, but instead saw Jesus as the fulfillment of Judaism. They did not…

The name of the dominant religion in our country is Christianity. Christianity was founded in approximately 30 ad. My country chose Christianity as the dominant religion because, Christianity is based on life, death, and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity also has 2 billion adherents. Christianity also has one religious leader and one god who is Jesus/ Jesus Christ. One reason I chose Christianity is because Christianity is based on life , death , and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.…

cape. One day, after Nevanos came back from defending Craigeria from invaders on the far off western border, he discovers that his wife has been taken.…

other places. In their countless struggles for more money, more love and more security, they forget happiness is not caused by their possessions or social positions. It can in fact be found in any daily activities, such as taking a walk and smelling roses. The people we see as happy in our culture today, are also rich, have a loving family, and a great job. In The Spectator Magazine article “Pleasure vs Happiness,” by Roger Scruton, Scruton uses many different rhetorical strategies in order to…

territory after being struck in the face by the King. -Ansgar: The great, tall, and good looking warrior of the story. He is a pagan, but a great warrior. He falls in love with Rose Gordon, and looks for ways to please and seduce her. He comes from the Fjord…

from inside, at least some of those transpositions which embody the Christian life’ (105). We already have some knowledge a higher system exists. This is evident in how atheists believe in ghosts. Nature always reveals itself and so at the end of the day we have all seen supernatural phenomena. However, we draw our own conclusions, thus which is true is reasoned to be…

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