Every April I am beset by the same concern-that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks forsaken, with hills, sky and forest forming a single graymeld, like the wash an artist paints on ...
Henry Kendal walked into his house, took off his big coat, and sat down. Then he read the letter again: 銆€銆€ I want five hundred pounds, and I'll come to your house to get it. You may have four d....
There were teabags all over the table锛嶪 didn't have anything else that would have done the job锛嶪 don't wear hats锛嶰n the back of our wedding photo I had listed the names of places all around En.....
Charles saw them both at the same time: the small white bird floating from among the park trees and the girl wheeling down the walk.1 The bird glided downward and rested in the grass; the girl directe...
Books are to mankind what memory is be the individual. They contain the history of our race, the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages; they picture for us the mar...
Good-bye my Fancy!Farewell dear mate,dear love!I'm going away,I know not where,Or to what fortune, or whether I may ever see you again,So Good-bye my Fancy. Now for my last-let me look back a moment;....
No air conditioning? How can you sleep??a friend asks, horrified. I've just revealed that my family has decided to turn the air conditioner off and trim our electric bill. 銆€銆€"Nobody opens a wi.....
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of ol...
There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can b...
As best I can recall, my first visit to Beijing, in the hot summer of 1990, was an almost overwhelming experience. I visited a wide range of places over a three week stay, including some truly amazing...
