Langston Hughes wrote this in 1935. It had meaning and relevance then. It still has. Read it. Let America Be…
I don't think I peeled a clove of garlic until I was at least 21. It wasn't because I didn't…
He went to school in Marlborough and loved to take long and sometimes solitary walks across the Wilshire downs. So…
Relativity There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one…
Some authors are blessed with illustrators who enhance their work with the distinction of their own. So it was in…
Forgetfulness The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking…
Before the Charge The night is still and the air is keen, Tense with menace the time crawls by, In…
The Day That Summer Died From all around the mourners came The day that Summer died, From hill and valley,…
If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs but we've got no eggs. That First World War…
Farm work is one of the best jobs for getting to know people as they really are. The…
Paul Nash's fascination with aerial bombardment led him to an ecstatic vision of “the sky blossoming with floating flowers”. This,…
"I was so rushed I had not time to go into the details," - Cyril Ratcliffe. The political leaders of…
August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we…
Did you have times like these in your life? Times that you look back on with a sense of loss…