I was told by the physician that a Southern climate would improve my health, and so I went down to Tennessee, and got a berth on the Morning Glory and Johnson County War-Whoop as associate editor. When I went on duty …
Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was an American author of short stories and novels. Though her writing career began more than two decades after the Civil War ended, her writing was greatly influenced by the aftermath of the w…
Once upon a time, there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a retired teacher and another was an insurance agent who had a lot of interest in technology. Both of them had planted different pl…
Have you been rejected or disappointed time and time again? Well Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, did. But he took his failures and didn’t just make lemonade — he made the world a better pla…
Kindness by Sylvia Plath Kindness glides about my house.Dame Kindness, she is so nice!The blue and red jewels of her rings smokeIn the windows, the mirrorsAre filling with smiles. What is so real as the cry of a child…
A long time ago, there was a king in Scotland named Robert Bruce. He ruled Scotland when it was not a part of England. The King Bruce of Scotland was brave and wise. One day, the king of England led his huge army into…