Articles written by Margaret Dempsey

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel journal or web blog, which is better?: 8 of 10

"Journal" is a much more broad term than "blog." A journal typically consists of original words written on papers bound in a book that you can buy in a myriad of colors and styles at your local bookstore. Yet journals can be and are so much more than that. Journals are able to cross the boundaries of hand-cramping, ink-blott...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Personal literacy: 3 of 3

One of the most significant portions of the pursuit of literacy in my life has been one that was naked to even my own eye for a long time. A daily habit and ritual that I cherish, journaling is a main factor to which I attribute much of my current literacy standpoint. Being able to let my thoughts flow from my mind onto a pi...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Edge of Heaven: 2 of 2

Fatih Akin's The Edge of Heaven is a unique movie in which the plotline seems to hold less significance for the viewer than the main characters and their struggles with identity. I myself found it difficult in the earlier moments of this film to remember who hailed from which country. The Edge of Heaven blends and blurs ethn...