celebrating the extraordinary in the ordinary

Obamas landmark speech transcribed

University of Pennsylvania psychologists studying the cognitive mechanisms behind human friendship have determined that how you rank your best friends is closely related to how you think your friends rank you.

When I was around the age of thirteen, my father took me aside and told me something that would change my life. The two of us were alone in his beaten-up old car, in a side street of one of the poorer suburbs of London. He turned to me and said this:

Practice of writing characters

The horror of Israel's occupation in Palestine

Irish Legends and fairy tails all woven together by Padraic Colum - with Illustrations by Dugald Stewart Walker

The Fabric of Memory is a shy experimentation of language and story telling, a simple way to share creative inspiration and spawn constructive criticism. Honest, sincere and positive criticisms are encouraged and welcomed.

There are two important recessions going on in the world today. One has gotten enormous attention. It