her face was even whiter, Lilly and summer were screaming. My aunt lived down the street from us and heard Lilly and Summer screaming and came running with my cousin Chelsea. Meanwhile my mom ran to grab a towel to and run to me because my arm was gushing blood, while she was getting a towel everything was in such slow motion, it felt like forever for my mom to get to me, she finally did and my aunt and cousin were there trying to help and my mom rushed me to…
Davie nodded, turning to splash in the water as I grabbed my towel from the pool’s edge. I gently patted the excess water off my bathing suit and drippy hair. Wrapping the towel around my body, I nervously strode over to the large table. That summer, I was a counselor in training (CIT) at the Athenian School Summer Camp. It was my eighth summer of camp, as I had been…
“Let me get some towels,” she said, as she quickly wandered to another room, still speaking, but in a louder voice. “I was hoping you’d miss the storm. It’s been raining like cats and dogs for the past couple of hours. Charles is in the basement, still marveling over the antique washing machine and dryer rack.” Within seconds, she was back carrying two laundered towels, that she traded Anne for a wet, foiled plate. “That’s a fresh batch of lemon…
Online dating has changed dating for the worse. People have begun to value convince more than romanticism. This is why there is a lack of emotional availability within online dating, the search for compatibility is romanticized and there is a lack of emotional labour. Peter Ludlow highlighted this in the short essay “The Many Problems With Online Dating’s Radical Efficiency” and Sarah Knapton with “Why We Should Stop Dating Online”. The essays pose the question of whether or not people who date…
Do you ever wonder why things turn out the way they do: why the colors of the leaves change when the season turns from summer to fall, or why someone can be treated so awfully, yet still continue to love that person with all their heart ? “The sense of wonder speaks of our hunger to be moved, to be engaged and impassioned with the world and take pleasure in it, attuned to it and fascinated by it” (7 Ways to Spark Your Sense of Wonder). It is Ted Kooser, an American poet and a Pulitzer Prize…
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint that connects your jaw to your skull. You have two to connect both sides of your jaw to your skull specifically to your temporal bone. This allows you to be able to use your jaw in simple tasks such as eating or talking. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is known as any kind of pain dealing with the temporomandibular joint or with the muscles located around the joint (WebMD). It is not quite clear what specifically causes, but specialists…
minutes later my dad said “We’re here!” When we got in our beach house we waited for our friends to get there and we walked straight to the beach because it was right across the street. We got to the beach and laid down our stuff I laid down on my towel and tried to sunbathe, but all I did was burn. “Aly come into the ocean!” shouted my friend Sarah. “Ok, I’m coming!” I shouted back. I went into the water with my friends and were playing around in it. It looked so pretty. When suddenly I…
Southwest Michigan Beaches Your guide to our freshwater paradise. A Great Place to Visit This Summer Southwest Michigan has been a beloved family destination for countless decades. Along with our orchards, wineries, and endless restaurants; the biggest draw to the area has always been our pristine beaches. Whether you enjoy lying on the sand or splashing in the freshwater, there is something for everyone to do in this little place of the country we call paradise. Life on the lake in Southwest…
The first thing that comes to a parent’s mind when his children complain that their scalp is itchy is head lice. This becomes a fear as lice are extremely difficult and annoying to remove. Lice are in fact small insects without wings,that feed on blood and are extremely contagious. Even though adults might also get lice, children most commonly suffer from them, as they get them at school or in kindergartens. Lice are not dangerous, but they might cause inflammation and itchiness of the scalp.…
Hypothesis: My hypothesis is that the penny would not be able to very many drops of water do to such a small surface area. My estimate would be that the penny would hold about twenty drops of water. Materials: • Beaker • Eye dropper • A paper towel • Water • Penny Procedure:…