Grandpa: A Memoir from the Turn of the Century
My first few years were about normal for the early days of the 20th Century. I was burned, blistered, cut, trampled by horses, run over by a car, spilled off bicycles, beaten with a stick,…
Month: December 2017
Your Downfall: A Harry Potter Poem
~ by Lucy Potter Now the dream sparks The tale I heard said you were a cunning boy just as I had suspected of one so cold You craft a horcrux Myrtle's spirit lives again…
A Gondorian Christmas: A Lord of the Rings Story
A/N: Merry Christmas! I am imagining Faramir to be around eight. The story, plot, and dialogue here contained is the sole intellectual property of Bradley Whitecliffe. The characters and setting are borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkien’s…
Christmas in Cokeworth: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 2: Sing of the Wild Wood
By Avellina Balestri (alias Rosaria Marie) Word Count: 29645 Rating: PG for brief moments of peril and some thematic elements Summary: Harry and Snape spend Christmas together and come to understand one another a little…
The Case for Jo Laurence: An Analysis of the Relationships in “Little Women”
I have to confess that the last time I watched the 1994 version of Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, I felt very much like a three-year-old wanting to pitch a grand fit on the living…
Star-Crossed on the Moors: A Movie Review of “Lorna Doone”
Year: 2001 Filming: Color Length: 180 minutes Genre: Drama/History/Romance/War Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements) Cast: Richard Coyle (John Ridd), Amelia Warner (Lorna Doone), Aiden Gillen (Carver Doone), Barbara Flynn (Sarah Ridd), Peter Vaughan (Sir…
Sacred Chalice, Blooming Staff: The Legend of the Glastonbury Thorn
Although the exact date is unknown, Christianity was most likely introduced into the British Isles some time during the first century. This definitive event in the history of Europe is often associated with Joseph of…
Once Upon a Dream: A Magical Disney Movie Montage
In one way or another, all of us have been deeply affected by the legacy of Walt Disney. Maybe we fell in love with the magical animated features as kids or wound up visiting the…
Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 26
Simon huddled beside his great-aunt in the back seat of a skimmer as it flew low and fast over the desert. The Vulcan pilot and his companion frightened him; they were Nath and Dekin, the…