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The Flask
The Flask May the 3rd, 1972, New York, at midnight… “Scotland, 1906.” Reggie babbled. The 95 years old was breathing heavily. Suddenly, a mysterious old worn little black book slipped from his right hand and fell on the vintage maroon Persian rug under his chair. The notebook’s pages opened as it hit the rug. “We did all we could, perhaps even more,” it read in the opened page. Along with it, an old flask fell from his hands. The words that Reggie just said became visible on one side of the fallen flask; “Scotland, 1906.” There was also something else written within the intriguing black booklet’s pages…
By Marcelo Palermo5 years ago in Humans
Bravery is Only the First Step
When I think of brave black women, especially those women in history who dared to be bold when it wasn’t safe for them, I think of Bessie Stringfield, the first Black woman to ride across the US solo. She later became a dispatch rider for the US Army during WWII.
By Meygan5 years ago in Humans
The Hike
It’s 1929, and there’s still not much a girl can get away with, huh? And that’s coming from me. No idea who I think I am, walkin’ around the way I do, not giving a single gosh darn, not workin’ a day of my little ol’ life away. Not real work, anyway. Not the way Tom defines it. “Joyce, don’t you care what’s gonna happen to us if they let me go?”
By Hannah Kfoury5 years ago in Humans
Hamish and Agatha's
Fiona stared into the fireplace, watching the flames flicker and dance, while around her, everyone who had known and loved her grandmother, talked or cried or both. She was numb. Curled around her steaming cup of hot coffee, she tucked her toes underneath herself and held the warm mug close to her chest. Her eyes closed and all the chatter and weeping slowly faded away into nothing.
By Emily Flanagan 5 years ago in Humans
The Greeks Really Knew How To Party
It seems that these days people are in a constant pursuit of being recognized for some posting, achievement or Tik Tok dance. We seek validation within the digital world and on social media for our talent, our views and our hilarious missteps. To paraphrase the pop cultural icon, Andy Warhol, we all seem to be having our fifteen minutes of fame.
By William Gold5 years ago in Humans
GOLDEN JUBILEE
An old Irish man, living in unusually grim conditions within the heart of London, answered the knock upon his door. He came to find a courier of Queen Victoria standing before him with a sealed letter hanging off the tips of his glove. The courier bid good day before returning to the carriage on the cobble stone street on that frigid January day.
By REDWRITER5 years ago in Humans
Forgotten
Most cannot recall these tales anymore. They used to be passed down from generation to generation. However, as technological advances took hold, these stories are long forgotten. Deemed fantasy, tossed away as witchcraft and wizardry. Placed alongside stories created about schools for those gifted in such a craft, or chalked up as the active imagination of young children.
By Mariam Michalak5 years ago in Humans
Roanoke Colony
May 8th, 1587, a colony led by John White landed on Roanoke Island from England. They arrived sometime in July 1587. There were some small attacks from Native Americans in the first month. Colonists desperately wanted John White to go back to England and retrieve more supplies from them such as food, weapons and more people. So, on August 25th, 1587, White sailed back to England to retrieve more supplies for them, leaving behind 115 colonists (87 men, 17 women and 11 children, including his daughter). Unfortunately, White's timing was poor. England was on the verge of going to war with Spain which had a particularly strong armada, so he was unable to return for sometime. It wasn't until August 1590, when White would make his way back to the island. To his shock, he found that the entire colony had vanished with a trace. The only clue he found was the word Croatoan carved into a fence post and Crow carved into a tree.
By Fazzy5 years ago in Humans
Spiritual Candles
I’ve been obsessed with lighting candles for the past two months. I light a candle about 3 times a day. I have scented candles from DW, Sand + Fog, Briteside and M.WG. My favorite brand is DW Home Candles and my favorite scent is Vanilla Maple. There’s something about the ritual of lighting candles that I can’t seem to resist so I’ve decided to do some research about it.
By Leah Ella5 years ago in Humans
Was I born in the wrong generation?
Haha, those days when we feel and think we are older than we actually are.. *Sighs* *Gets up from chair, hearing some sort of crack in the body* You're wondering next time what part of the body is going to pop next, in theory. Or the times that you remember that it was a certain amount of years ago that you graduated, that you rode the bus for the last time, certain big points even little points in your life felt like eternity ago. Plus the people you remember growing up being little kids are adults and so forth.. Along with the technology.. oh boy, how it has changed since time began. Sometimes it's nice, sometimes it's better to do it the old fashion way.
By Roseinbloom5 years ago in Humans
The Blackness of the Epitome of Whiteness
The word Caucasian describes people who are......White. Usually fair skin and straight hair and from Europe or at least ancestry mostly connected to Europe. The epitome of Whiteness can sometimes be argued, especially in today's time, as blonde with blue eyes and fair skin and straight hair. The Taylor Swifts of the world. In the 18th century, anthropologists "discovered" (they love that word) an ethnic group called the Circassians. This ethnic group's features were fair skin with rosy cheeks, green eyes (some) and AFRO like hair texture. Yup. It was considered the most beautiful and pure form of Whiteness! The people were considered the purest of all the White people, the perfect White bread, and the top of the racial ladder! The ideal feminine beauty in the 18th century were the Circassian women, also later known as "moss hair girls". "Pure European features", was the description for these women. Seriously. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the founder or whatever of zoology and anthropology, created the term "caucasian race" after them. Something like that. He was mad crushin on the ladies. Blumenbach theorised that the Circassians were...stay with me...the closest to God's original model of humanity, and thus "the purest and most beautiful whites were the Circassians"! (!!!) I know right.
By M. Garcia5 years ago in Humans
Name for a Sister, Color TVs, Family Secrets, & The Beatles
Picture my world if you will. It is 1964 and we are living in Houston, Texas. My sister was born that first week of January, one day before my mother's birthday. My sister was mostly bald, but the red fuzz on top of her head was foretelling. We would have a beautiful, little red-headed girl. My brother, closer to two years old than to three, now had to share my mother's lap. I, who had better things to do than to be in my mother's lap, would soon be returning to my 3rd grade class when Christmas break was over. For our family, it was a joyous time.
By Shirley Belk5 years ago in Humans