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I reside in San Marcos, Texas where I attend Texas State University in San Marcos. I am majoring in Geography: Resource and Environmental Studies and minoring in Geology. I have authored a collection of poetry and short stories

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Religion & Spirituality > Wicca & Witchcraft Wicca explained: 4 of 13

So, you want to know more about Wicca. First, and foremost, is how modern Wicca came into existence. Gerald Gardner publicly founded modern Wicca in the early 1950's after a lifetime of studying other religions. Gardner was a civil servant of Great Britain who served most of his career in Southern Asia. He was also an amateu...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I want that home feeling back again: 1 of 1

I grew up in a house situated on about 127 acres of land in the middle of nowhere, or at least it felt that way. Our land was right smack dab in the middle of Beech Creek Hunting Club 16 miles north of Silsbee, Texas. Our only neighbor was a cattle rancher and his family on a similar plot of land on our southern property lin...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Acrostic poems: 90 of 113

Politics An acrostic: POLITICS IS EVIL P ower-mongers and political entrepreneurs O usting ideals to line their pockets L eeching our freedoms to pander to the corporations I nviting their eyes and fists into our homes and office T esting their domination in our living rooms I nstead ceasing to hear or help their constituent...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders King George? The imperial presidency of George W. Bush: 5 of 6

Alexander the Great, all those years ago, set out to conquer the world....to subject it to his rule, his laws, his ideology. In time, his empire failed, as did he in a spiral of paranoia, mistrust, and madness. Not only did he lose his acquisitions, but he also lost his homeland, too. See any resemblance to our current Presi...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Process (Other) How to write acrostic poetry: 4 of 4

Acrostic poetry can be traced as far back as ancient Greece. It was a very popular method of form poetry and still is today. Acrostic poetry is very specific in its form and has a well defined structure. The first letter or last letter of each line, when read in a descending or ascending order, spell out a word or phrase. Fo...