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Crops

CropsThe gardens did well that summer, and in September the little crops were gathered in with much rejoicing. Jack and Ned joined their farms and raised potatoes, those being a good salable…

Castles in the Air

Castles in the AirLaurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock one warm September afternoon, wondering what his neighbors were about, but too lazy to go and find out. He was in…

Peter Pan: The Return Home

"Hook or Me this Time" When Wendy Grew Up The Return Home By three bells that morning they were all stirring their stumps [legs]; for there was a big sea running; and Tootles, the bo'…

Uncle Teddy

Uncle TeddyFor a week Dan only moved from bed to sofa; a long week and a hard one, for the hurt foot was very painful at times, the quiet days were very wearisome to the active lad, longing…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 13

Part 13The negro holds firmly the reins of his four horses, the block swags underneath on its tied-over chain, The negro that drives the long dray of the stone-yard, steady and tall…

Celluloid Santas

A dip into cinematic history proves that not all Saint Nicks are created equal... by Alicia Potter His eyes, they may twinkle, but round and jolly this Santa is not.The snowy beard…

Robert Graves: John Skelton

John SkeltonWhat could be dafter Than John Skelton's laughter? What sound more tenderly Than his pretty poetry? So where to rank old Skelton? He was no monstrous Milton, Nor wrote no "…

Two Thumbs up for Post-Modernism!

The media fetches a starring role in Godzilla, from the backbiting tactics of its television news reporters to a rescue via an Intranet connection. Most mind-boggling of all, however, is that a…