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Do Phones Rule Our Lives?
Image Source: Pexels- Julia Volk As someone who grew up to see the first mobile phone come out, the introduction of the internet, and computers go from clunky, large PCs to slimline flat screens and handheld tablets, you could say I’ve seen a lot of change. New products come and go while others reform with…
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Thanksgiving
Image Credit: Hanna Peters Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated by different countries at various times, but most famously in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November and in Canada on the second Monday of October. It is a time to express gratitude for blessings such as harvest, health, and family, often with…
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Stuck In The Snow
Image Source: Unsplash- Michael Steinman It was two nights before Thanksgiving, and Maya and her brother, twin Charlie, were driving to their grandparents’ house to spend Thanksgiving with them. However, what they weren’t expecting was for it to start snowing when they had almost an hour left in their drive. The snow was getting heavier,…
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The Past That Refuses To Sleep
Image Source: Pexels- Troy Olson I talked with trees about you in the twirling wind. Their branches murmured back, the air itself whispered your name through the ether. Like a thief in the night, you move where shadows pool. Your face flickers on the moon, water carries your scent, and owls cry your name across…
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Notes On Heartbreak By: Annie Lord: Finding Beauty Within The Brutality Of Love
Image Source: Unsplash- ŞULE MAKAROĞLU Break-ups are very rarely graceful, and writer Annie Lord knows this better than most. In her beautifully written memoir ‘Notes on Heartbreak’, the Vogue columnist turns her private life and the turbulent end to her relationship into a bittersweet romance story. The memoir discusses how a relationship doesn’t just end…
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The Secret To Becoming Better At Anything You Set Your Heart On
Image Source: Pexels- Pavel Danilyuk It’s easy to believe that some people are naturally good at certain things. Some seem to pick up new skills effortlessly, while others struggle to make sense of even the basics. But what we often fail to see is the work that happens behind the scenes. The late nights. The…
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Forgotten Lost Friend
Image Source: Unsplash- Mars Immigrant Once it was said that August was a melancholy month: a sobering pill that’s hard to swallow, which you’ll cradle in the pothole of your tongue. The coffee is percolating in the corner and I can taste the coldness of your breath as a burgundy bloom spills like champagne over…
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Why Maisie Peters Should Be on Your Radar
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons- Justin Higuchi All other images in this article were taken by Demi Tsatsaronis. “If you’re looking for the girl of your dreams, she’s in Brooklyn with me,” screamed fans of Maisie Peters on Wednesday, October 15, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg when she sang her song “Brooklyn” for the first…
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You’re Not Depressed; You Are Sad
Image Source: Pexels- Elizaveta Dushechkina We hear what we want to hear. I believe this is true in pretty much every dynamic we can imagine ourselves to be in. Six people who attend the same dinner party, sit at the same table, eat the same food, and enjoy the same conversation will still come up…
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Love’s Confusion
Image Source: Pexels- Natã Romualdo In so many ways I’ve been smitten, I’ve been felled by beauty In beauty I’m reborn I’m amazed yet crippled Like venom, it spreads A venom like this, I can’t escape In my heart, I’m paralyzed. In my head Many reasons swim by, They talk about love They spoke of…
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The Mystical, Murky, And Magical History Of Mermaids
Image Source: Pixabay- Thomas Wolter Most people only know of a certain Disney bright red-haired icon? Well, just to let you know, mermaids have swum their way through human imagination for millennia. These half-woman, half-fish (or half-seal, half-human) beings have appeared in ancient temples, sailor logs, medieval manuscripts, and modern pop-culture photo-ops. But how did…
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The Case For Mocktails
Image Source: Pexels- Arina Krasnikova It’s an Asian thing, I say To my baffled friends As I place my mock Mojito Among their crystal-rimmed cocktails. Their laugh hides Their disbelief and Honestly? I don’t blame them. Twenty-one is fun, they said. You can go to bars! Let’s go to bars! … Can you go to…
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