Long Day's Journey into Night

I fling myself on the bed, finally able to relax. I have not just faced certain death from a wild African beast or crazed Ndebele tribesman, I have just finished dinner. It is 9pm, I have retired to my rondavel, to another lonely night after a luscious dinner of roast kudu, in a rich brown gravy accompanied by three vegetables from the farm garden. Desert was steamed golden syrup pudding and custard. The food was great, the meal atmosphere, for me, as always, a little tense. I am over…

backpacking trail of almost thirty miles. (See our leader’s trail map.) With eighteen in the group, the adults were Tim, our leader, Steve, Jim A. and Gale. Some of the daughters were, Amy, Heather, Lori Miles, Sheila, Christie, and Christine. After a long day’s hike and spectacular mountainous views, setting up camp came next. However, there is nothing more relaxing than fishing in a Sierra mountain stream or lake in the afternoon. Even better yet, actually catching some trout and augmenting…

waited eighteen long years to finally be old enough and now that I am finally the right age, I don’t want to lose what I have waited for so long. Since my childhood, everyone has been saying that I was unlucky and wherever I would be destiny would never be on my side. I never believed in such things and always told them that even though only…

that society has pushed onto him. He clearly does not want to abide by the lifestyle his parents have set up for him, and instead, he chooses to rebel against these phony norms and embrace the change surrounding him. Further, O’Neill’s A Long Day’s Journey into Night deals with the exposition of a family who is internally struggling on a multitude of levels, but still attempts to put on an exterior that satisfies the cliché American Dream stereotype. Finally, Adrienne Rich’s most evocative poems…

coast of South America. It flourished for about a hundred years through some of the 13th and 14th centuries until the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered them. One way that they were able to progress to such an extent is through their long and advanced road system, which itself flourished in many ways. It aided in connecting the empire and allowed it to progress far in a relatively short time. The road system thrived because of its vast length, sustainability and efficiency,…

When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such customs as are inherent with existence in the new land; he must abandon the old ideals and the old gods, and oftentimes he must reverse the very codes by which his conduct has hitherto been shaped. To those who have the protean faculty of adaptability, the novelty of such change may even be a source of pleasure; but to those who happen to be hardened to the ruts in which…

The arrival of winter was soon to be here. The sky had opened up to a new luster with the disappearance of the already fallen leaves. As, Shawn, drove down the country road he was more aware of all his surroundings. He grew up in this small city and knew he would stay there for all time. He knew each landmark on this location. This region is where he grew up and created all his memories. Three weeks before, Shawn, a twenty-four year old man, finished his fourth semester at the university. He…

the oiled linen and stored them away. With Gabe’s help, she was able to lift the pack up in the rafters, out of reach of the hound or other varmints. Alma was surprised to still not be ready to leave. Gabe seemed much better, but she knew another day’s rest would only help. The real reason was she couldn’t leave things the way they stood between Gabe’s people and her. If they weren’t going to come calling on her, she would have to go to them. She left him stretched out, napping in the light…

He is on a night walk that he takes every night without any disturbances but one day he is stopped by an automated police car, in fact, it is the only police car remaining in the city. The automated police car stops Leonard and asks him for his name, profession, and other things…

His glory and power. My heavenly Father understands my thoughts before I have even thought them. I could never hide from God; even if I wanted to He knows where I am when I wake up in the morning to the very second that my head hits the pillow at night. When I accepted the Lord as my Savior at the age of six, and when I surrendered my life to full time service that was no surprise to God. God gave me two godly examples for parents…