Pen pal

country no more than a thorn in the side of the east and west, a nation-sized suicide bomber.” This is disheartening to hear, because I believe we could do so much more if we could work together. I truly believe that this letter, and us becoming pen pals could transcend what our countries are. I hope that one day you would make me feel welcome, and I would visit your home. I hope someday to show you my home as well. It has been a pleasure to write this letter, and to allow you a…

tremendously every year. About 1000 hours of volunteer time every year go into helping the Ossining community. Girl Scouts care for the community in many ways. Girl Scouts connects internationally through drives to collect things in need or even just pen pals with girls from other countries, being part of WAGGGS. Overall the collection of just volunteer efforts and hours is what penetrates throughout the world.” is what Janice stated, when how Girl Scouts affects the larger community. From this…

The cloud mist lifted and the landscape unraveled from beneath. Roads slithered across the great expanse of the Earth. They coiled around subdivisions, a series of homogenous fixtures when viewed from above. The checkerboard squares of green terrain waned amidst the approaching urbanization. Even from 10,000 feet in the air, the giveaways of the West were discernable — a Wal-Mart here, a baseball stadium there, the occasional backyard swimming pool. Subtle chatter, inclined bodies, oohs and…

will ever replace the feeling of getting a handwritten letter from someone you love, especially nowadays since the chances of anyone taking the time to write an actual letter, buy a book of stamps and send it in the mail is so rare. The idea if a “pen pal” is long deceased in…

www.raynefoundation.org.uk/ Please tell us about the work of your organisation and your track record. Little people make big change is project that has been designed to create social change and raise awareness on matters that affect us globally and how we can make small yet large change. This project commenced on a Facebook page were weekly post are published with Ideas and Activities that encourage both parents and children to contribute to making a difference. This page has promoted…

visit. His initial complaints against the Robert (the blind man) seem to stem from jealousy, after all, his wife and this mysterious man are exchanging tapes through mail. It is easy to see how the narrator could be jealous of his wife having this pen-pal relationship with another man, but his apprehension does not end there. The narrator’s comments also seem to indicate that he dislikes the man simply because of his blindness. He says that “[his] idea[s] of blindness came from the movies. In…

Summary: Julie or Miyax is a young Eskimo girl living in Alaska. Her and her family lived in the ways of the traditional Eskimos. She loved her father, however her mother died when she was very young and she has little memory of her. Miyax was very close to her father, Kapugen. Kapugen taught her the ways to survive as an Eskimo. When she was just reaching adolescence her father was called away to war so Miyax was sent to live with her aunt Martha whom she was not fond of. Kapugen told her…

Caviar 101 A crash course from two sisters living the caviar dream Caviar refers to unfertilized, salt-cured fish eggs from sturgeon. Five years ago, Petra Bergstein, Texas Tech, and Saskia Bergstein, TCU, had never tried the stuff. Petra’s work on a sturgeon farm in Sacramento, California, first hooked her on caviar in 2012, not only as a food but as a business idea. She enlisted her sister, Saskia—a consultant and CPA—to help build a new caviar brand from the ground up. Today, the sisters own…

non-fiction. Her non-fiction works have been published in the New York Times Magazine and on This American Life radio. At This American Life, she worked as a radio producer for six years. Her favorite episode of This American Life is Episode 246:”My Pen Pal,” which she produced. Her fiction work landed…

I. SOCIAL MEDIA Since the launch of Social Media in 1997, personal and formal communication has completely transformed. No more are the times of writing letters to a pen pal or sending telegrams. People strive on communication to build their professional and personal relationships; so it only makes sense that communication would evolve as well and become more convenient. The earliest identifiable form of Social Media is Six Degrees; which launched in 1997. Users could upload pictures and start a…