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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Humorous: 13 of 440

AN APPLE A DAY An apple a day keeps the doctor away It's common knowledge, so they say Perhaps it's true, and the point is moot But I have my doubts about this fruit. It doesn't keep the dentist away A chiropractor's not held at bay Although some think the word is out I continue to have my doubts Perhaps it's time to think i...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Holiday stories for children: 2 of 40

THE CHRISTMAS VAMPIRE "Aw, Mom, why won't Dad let me help the other little vampires with the Halloween scaring?" said Little Count. His mother finished combing back his black hair. They both looked into the mirror and saw his white shirt and black cape, black pants, and black shoes. "Honey," said Mom, "Big Count says you're ...
Health & Fitness > Cold & Flu Causes of the 1918 flu epidemic: 2 of 23

CAUSES OF THE FLU PANDEMIC OF 1918 At least twenty million died in the 1918 Flu Pandemic, possibly more than 50 million. In the United States alone over 500.000 died. It was commonly called the Spanish flu. As many American soldiers in World War I died of flu as died in fighting the Germans. Europe and America were devastate...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: For children: 22 of 201

SARAH THE SORCERESS Sssssssshhhhhhhwwwhhack! Sarah dove to the ground just as the arrow sizzled over her head and slammed into the tree above her. Brown bark shattered and flew. It was no accident. Then she heard boy's laughter. They were squires, young knights in training. They were practicing with their bows. At fourteen y...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pirates: 10 of 37

WHEN PIRATES COME TO VISIT ME When pirates come to visit me I send them straight back out to sea If any start in to swashbuckle I'll soon be rapping on their knuckle If Blue Beard comes and yells "Avast!" I'll shave his beard off, clean and fast When Captain Morgan stops for rum Off he goes, I give him none When pirates came...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Easter: 2 of 7

HOW PETER BUNNY ALMOST GOT FIRED "You did what!" Peter Bunny tried hard not to look at the eyes of his boss, the head dispatcher for Bunny Express delivery service. Peter gulped. "But boss," said Peter, "It's kind of like, wellnowellactually, I took the candy and egg order and delivered it to the kids, just like Danny Duck t...
Entertainment > Music (Other) Famous songs, new words: 2 of 7

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN The "House of the Rising Sun" is a classic of the British rock blues band, the Animals. Recorded in the 1960's, it remains popular today. What is less known is that the recording was an arrangement by the Animals, not an original composition. The song's roots go back much further, possibly even to Eng...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Alarm clocks: 22 of 74

Write your Adam said to Eve, Love, the Bible has it wrong, Sure we left the Garden, We had to make up for our wrong. Leaving there, though bad enough, Did not the full price pay, The Lord had other plans for us, To mend us in our ways. He realized, the life of ease, Was not for man the way, So in His Godly genius, To remind ...
Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages The Bubonic Plague: Origins and impacts: 8 of 18

It is easy to think of plague as a disease of the middle ages, the "black death" that decimated the population of Europe in the 1300's. In fact, the first, and possibly most deadly outbreak of bubonic plague occurred in the ancient world in the Roman Empire during the fifth century. In 542 A.D. Justinian was the Roman Empero...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adoption Should adoption by those over age 50 be permitted?: 10 of 21

I have some experience with this issue. I am 55. My wife is 53. We have adopted four children from Guatemala. I was forty-nine when we first adopted. (Incidentally, we already had six biologic children before we began adopting.) As you might infer, I believe that people over fifty should be allowed to adopt. There are positi...