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Canada Day (Where, When, & Why)
Photo Source: iStockIf you say, “O Canada”, chances are that people will know what you are talking about. Many know the Great White North for its variety of wildlife, interesting food combinations,…John Cage
John Cage is the 20th century conceptual artist who famously "composed" the piano piece titled 4' 33" (1952), which consists of the pianist(s) sitting at a piano and not playing for exactly four…Walt Whitman: My Canary Bird
My Canary BirdDid we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books, Absorbing deep and full from thoughts, plays, speculations? But now from thee to me, caged bird, to feel thy…Home Again
Home AgainJuly had come, and haying begun; the little gardens were doing finely and the long summer days were full of pleasant hours. The house stood open from morning till night, and the…22 Lakes in Texas (Biggest, Best, and Why!)
Top of Page Source: iStockDid you know that the Lone Star State is home to more than 7,000 lakes? That’s right! Here are 22 of Texas’s most famous lakes, including the biggest, the best, and the most…Poems: The Schoolboy
by WilliamBlakeA Little Girl LostTo TerzahThe Schoolboy I love to rise on a summer morn, When birds are singing on every tree; The distant huntsman winds his horn, And the…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXXIX ("I shall know why")
by EmilyDickinsonXXXVIIIXLXXXIX I shall know why, when time is over, And I have ceased to wonder why; Christ will explain each separate anguish In the fair schoolroom of the sky. He will…Brewer's: Talking Bird
A bird that spoke with a human voice, and could call all other birds to sing in concert. (The Sisters who Envied their Younger Sister; Arabian Nights.) (See Green Bird.) Source:…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Bird
The Life Saver From the Minutes The Man and the Bird A MAN with a Shotgun said to a Bird: "It is all nonsense, you know, about shooting being a cruel sport. I put my skill against…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Bird
163 165 The Man and the Bird A MAN with a Shotgun said to a Bird: "It is all nonsense, you know, about shooting being a cruel sport. I put my skill against your cunning-that is all there is of…Trending
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