Half Dome

“Darlin’ I can’t believe it’s only been two weeks since you’ve come back to Madison. I feel like I’ve known you for years.” Casey smiled a genuine smile. “I feel the same way, Fiona.” Since returning to the bed and breakfast, they had become great friends. In the evenings, after dinner when the other guests had gone to bed, they would sit in the parlor. Fiona would crochet while she went over the designs for the renovations. She would occasionally ask Fiona’s opinion on colors and patterns for…

Frank Lloyd Wright and his Architectures In art, the artist’s personal experience matter because it would reflect on one’s ideas and reflect on one’s work. Knowing Frank Lloyd Wright’s prior design, and idea he hold on to, could help better understanding the Fallingwater. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in a small town in Wisconsin, and developed early idea of architecture with toy building blocks that have geometrical shapes when he was a little. He was trained in the Chicago style,but later…

the house next to us. I was about to run, only to see a branch from the oak tree fly off and swipe dad from his feet making him roll down the side of the house. I jumped and grabbed his hand hanging over the ledge of our house tilting sideways on a half broken oak tree. I tried to pull him up but he was too heavy. Dad must have saw the worry in my eyes so he spoke. “Swing me on that car next to the house and then jump on the car, I’ll catch you. Promise.” I couldn’t believe what…

Islam is a religious faith preached by the Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh). After the Prophet Mohammed's (Pbuh) death, Islam spread exponentially from its place of origin in the Arabian Gulf. The followers of the Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh), who are called Muslims, conquered the whole of the Middle East, as well as central Asia, Spain, North Africa and north and central India. Most of the conquered areas and countries accepted the Islamic religion. Islam is more than just a religion; it is a way of living,…

The remains of Ancient Rome express the immense strength and power of the empire. Each structure had a unique purpose. The Roman population needed an abundance of fresh drinking water to thrive. The water from the Tiber River was not drinkable and rainwater was not bountiful enough to supply the city. In 312 BC, Censor Appius Claudius Caecus commissioned the first aqueduct, Aqua Appia. This aqueduct showed the power of the empire to provide water to the city in a fast and efficient matter. As…

We stood there, looking at the piles of mud. I tried to find similarities between Canterlot buildings and domes of mud. I worried that my imagination might have been limited. “I can’t see it.” He stepped to a cone of mud and pointed a hoof at it. “This is the castle.” “Hmm…” I pressed my eyebrows together in an attempt to boost my imagination to the maximum…

WOULDN 'T reality be beautiful if love came knocking on your door? Your eyes would outshine luna, blood would creep up your neck to your cheeks and then to the tips of your ears, your lips would curve upwards mimicking a parabola, and your heart. My god, your fist-sized heart. One magical muscle. Your heart would race like it 's participating in the Olympics in the summer. It 'd give you such a high emotion that the first thought that crosses your mind will embarrasse you when you think…

The Missouri State Penitentiary was the second largest prison in the nation. It was very harsh and the other inmates were criminals. They were there for murder, theft, and lots of other horrible things. The inmates were cruel to each other and hated the guards. There were lots of different people there for many different reasons. There were even famous criminals there. In 1954 there was a riot that broke out and was chaos. There were people that escaped from here. There is a lot of history that…

It doesn’t help to be oversensitive, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid it. “Literary intellectuals love to sneer at polls and surveys,” writes Dominic Sandbrook in his determinedly informative and frequently entertaining attempt to analyse what makes British culture tick, “but historians cannot afford to do so.” The survey being putatively sneered at reveals the immense popularity of The Lord of the Rings; presumably the implications of that popularity, rather than the fact of it, which must…

Nuclear energy has the potential to be the most deadly killer our world has ever seen, but if used properly, our nation can benefit greatly from it. The idea of harnessing the power of nuclear reactions has been around for many years, however, the United States has not seemed to capitalize on its usefulness yet. There are currently only 62 active nuclear power plants with 100 reactors in 31 states. These reactors only provide about 20 percent of all energy used in the United States (“How Many…