Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth
Here is another book written and created by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. This is a collection of chapters mainly from 'The Silmarillion' with various other notes for the stories that his son added and finished the book. This was a book that read along with reading 'The Silmarillion'. 'Unfinished Tales' was an interesting read in its' own right though.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Silmarillion
Who out there has read or wanted to read 'The Hobbit' or even 'The Lord of the Rings'? You have probably read 'The Hobbit' in some form in elementary school and even 'The Lord of the Rings' in high school. 'The Silmarillion' is written by J.R.R. Tolkien but the edition I read was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. Basically, this is the very beginning of the adventures that Frodo and Bilbo will try to figure out way in the future of 'The Lord of Rings' and 'The Hobbit'.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Still another Mehndi
Here is another Mehndi coloring that I completed for I really enjoy doing this form of artwork. The white space in between the designs I used light blue and slightly smudged the color. I used purples, greens , pink and yellows for the flowers and in the center what I thought could be wheat kernels I did in mahogany. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Another Mehndi
Here is another Mehndi coloring that I completed. Sorry for the odd showing my computer moved but most of the drawing is showing. I used light and dark colors in this one and kind of muted the red for the white space around the actual design. I thought the outer border in black and the circle border in light blue was a good contrast. Please comment on this one.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Camel
Here is another coloring project that I completed from one of my adult coloring books. I am hoping I caught the atmosphere of the desert with the blues I used for the sky and clouds, as well as for shades of brown for the sand dunes in the background and sand around the camel. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Birds
Here is another coloring piece I completed. This one is like an optical illusion for I thought there was one bird and turned into three. I tried to shade the rain cloud over the hills in the background the way the rain was falling but I wanted the hills to seem to go up. I hope I succeeded in a way. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Fish
Here is another one of my colorings that I did from an adult coloring book. Coloring these pictures is fun and relaxing. All I need to complete are colored pencils and my imagination in making these pages come alive. One note there are adult coloring books that suggest sharing your artwork with others so I am. Please comment on these pieces of 'art'. Thank you.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Art
Now We Are Six
'Now We Are Six' is another book of poems written by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin. It is a book of verses that will take you back to your early days and wonder what if. There are short poems and there is story poems. In this volume as the last volume of 'When We Were Very Young' Pooh Bear makes his appearance a few times looking for his friend. I have also read this volume of poems many times over the years and I believe that both these books of verse is one reason I am a poet, a writer, and a reader.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
When We Were Very Young. Top Story - May 2024.
In another box set that my parents got me when I was younger contained four books by A.A. Milne. 'When We Were Very Young' is a collection of poems that Milne wrote for his son Christopher Robin. This is a book that is full of references to Mr. Edward Bear, but a lot of the poems give some various descriptions of life of a very young child and where, when, how and why they do what they do. The illustrations are quite cute for you can see what Christopher Robin is and may be thinking. Also, Pooh Bear does make his self-known at various points. I have read these verses many, many times over the years and each time make me feel good about myself.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Eighth grade
Eighth grade my last year in what is known as middle school aka junior high. This is a transition year for most students for high school starts the next year. This is year that was all about learning more about the state that you live in from its' history to its' government. Our voices were all changing for the boys and the girls, and you would think that some us were actually left behind again for some reason some students did not fit for good reason (they seemed to adult looking) in many ways. Our various talents were tested from writing, singing or playing an instrument, or drawing and painting along with the practical arts of mechanical drawing and/or home economics. When I was in school, boys had industrial arts and girls had home economics. In the seventh grade my homeroom was the home economics room and I saw how to operate a sewing machine along with a washer and dryer. I knew how to cook and clean up the kitchen at home for I was a latchkey child to a point.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Seventh Grade
To me Seventh grade was the real beginning of middle school for one thing there was a new school with a different setup and new lockers for in sixth grade even though we switched classes we still kept our books and coats and lunches in our homerooms back then. We were treated differently more grown up. There was new equipment to use and learn. This was the beginning of what was known as open classrooms. There were two huge rooms that could be eight regular size classrooms (four classrooms in each large pod. Seventh grade was also when it seemed hormones seemed to flourish both physically and mentally and emotionally and even socially and some kind of felt left behind.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Sixth Grade
My sixth grade year was actually the start of my middle school/junior high years. This was the first year that I changed classes with each a separate teacher both male and female. I went from a 'grammar school' where my fifth grade stayed in one room to a building where we got to change rooms and learn in different ways. I mean one teacher still stood in front of the classroom while some teachers believed in group learning and doing various projects. It was a fun year for when seventh grade slowly approached there will be a new actual middle school.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
