Our Sunshine

“Crow Hill” The line from this poem of “When it is not wind it is rain” reminded me of every day in Florida. The weather here is so bipolar. One second it can be a sky full of direct sunshine and then the next second it is pouring down rain with a heavy overcast and booming thunder. Most of the time I am inside when this happens but a few times I have been caught outside. Once when this happened recently, my whole family and I were at Poe Springs for my seventeenth birthday on a Sunday in…

but the main choices for staying is many men have gotten sick, you are a faithful servant to your country and you want what you came to the new world for which is freedom. The first of February in 1778 3,989 men became sick which is about one half of our troops. Disclaiming in document A. As any young people you value your life you want to live to your full potential. All this death and sickness makes…

country. The man from Mexico thinks America is the Promised Land and is all sunshine and beaches in America “bodies still several times zones-or centuries-away, and they step into the Promised land” (SpringBoard 63) he thinks America is the Promise Land because in his culture their only experience with American culture is in movies/Tv shows like Terminator 2 and Cops were they make America look like action pack, sunshine filled country. However, in reality when he gets to California it's not…

Through standing at her window and describing the sketches of nature that she sees, Lowell communicates her feelings of loneliness and struggle of feeling like an outsider. In similar fashion, MacNeice also stands presumably before his window, but instead of personifying the moon, he observes the rain falling and the sound of the rain on the London city streets which inspires him to go on "an imagined journey across the roof-tops of London as religious, moral and metaphysical questions are…

Can you imagine a world in which there’s no color, weather, or sunshine. Imagine you not being able to have your own children, well in the dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. The protagonist, Jonas has to deal with this for 12 years and doesn’t begin to realize that something in his society is wrong until he is chosen to be the next Receiver for his community. This is very different from our modern day society. While Jonas’s society is emotionless, experiences sameness, and doesn’t have the…

My transformation - Sunshine state Move to Florida I welcomed with yet other set of opinions. This time however I could loudly express them with whomever crossed my path. While finishing my affairs In Toronto, I was saying goodbye to familiarity, safety, people and places. Cherishing memories, I packed up my life again to a big 18 wheeler with an allotted compartment to set “my home” on the journey through the continent. I think there is an enormous difference between having a choice vs…

the start of the day. Many of us start thinking about our writing schedule while brewing our coffee or making another beverage. Then, whenever you take a seat at your desk you are most likely already in the right state of mind ready to get on with your writing. Get a breath of fresh air There is definitely something about the sunshine and fresh air that stimulates our creativity. It gets the blood flowing through our veins and directly into our brain. It's important to embrace the outdoors,…

A weekend spent in a cabin in the woods of a Southern Chilean town with people I barley know, a lot of rain, and an abundance of beauty absorbed. This was quite the experience for myself. Learning about new cultures and worldviews, facing many fears, pushing my physical and mental limits, and doing my best to understand perspectives I do not necessarily agree with. It was my first official trip outside of the Valparaíso region and I was truly flowing with the moments as they came. No set plans…

its shade. Positive shades indicate confidence, self-esteem, friendliness, and creativity. The negative shades elaborates fear, emotional fragility, depression, and anxiety. Yellow can bring happiness to a person such as smiley faces, youth, and sunshine. The color yellow is an awakening color to enthusiasm. Its an exciting color and help the mind focus, but too much yellow can stimulate mental difficulties. Yellow is a color that can lift one 's spirit and self esteem. The dark side of yellow…

that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year…” (p. 92) Women in the 1930s were housewives. They weren’t…