An American Tale: Folktales Built on Creative Contributions Some stories are meant to be written down, and their permanence preserves the creativity of the writer. The beauty of folktales is that they are meant to be told and retold, and therefore embody the creativity of a whole group of people for generations. American tales are […]
Happy Birthday Garfield! Garfield was always one of my favorite comic strip characters, possibly because we have so much in common. We both hate Mondays, love sleep, and speak fluent sarcasm. We also share a passion for lasagna that the world will never fully understand or appreciate. I have a lot of respect for Garfield, […]
1984 and the Battle Against Censorship “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” If you […]
Listography: You Are What You List My purse is filled with lists. To-do lists, grocery lists, lists of zombie movies I need to watch – you name it, I’ve got it in list format scribbled in colored pencil on scraps of notebook paper. Recently I was introduced to a website that allows me to organize […]
