Essay

The Carol Burnett Show
I was just watching an old episode of a television variety show known as 'The Carol Burnett Show' on Yahoo.com. I remember watching this show as a young child with my parents and siblings. The episode that I was watching was when Tim Conway was on the show for the second time. He wasn't a regular part of the cast yet. Not sure of the exact date of this episode but I think it was the early 1970's for Carol was wearing a skirt that was crocheted and making jokes about it. From what I was able to watch Harvey Korman played Col. Flanders and Carol played a character that was interviewing him. 'The Carol Burnett Show' always made fun of various commercials of the time as well as even having song and dance times with her guest stars. These were the days of the prime-time variety shows as well as a few daytime shows that were like Carol's show like 'The Mike Douglas Show' or even 'The Merv Griffin Show' if I remember right for that show was on after I had to go to bed at 9PM for it was usually on a school night. Who thinks these kinds of shows would make it on television today for they were quite fun to watch especially Carol's show.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Gray Door
Walking down the road where there is a cottage with a gray door, I always seem to notice flowers of some kind. One thing this cottage is empty on all accounts: when you look in the windows no furniture, nothing in the yard and no people. You begin to wonder who places all the flowers by the door. It does make the little cottage homey in appearance. If one listens really carefully the cottage says "Come live in me, I will make you feel comfortable for you and your family, but don't forget place some flowers by the door, okay.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Flying
While sitting in an old gazebo in the woods on a cold yet warm day I saw a bird and a few friends fly by into the sun. Then when I looked down at the path there were bird tracks in snow and I got up and followed them. I looked around but no other birds for the tracks just ended. On this snowy, cold, but warm day thanks to the sun I continued down the path and it circled around to the old, gray gazebo in the woods. You can sit for hours watching the bird flying by it.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Moving
On a gray and cold day one winter I remember moving along slowing at best through the snowy woods. I saw squirrels running amuck up and down trees and birds flying all around. As I continued trudging through the snowy woods, I could feel the freezing winds right through my coat. I kept moving along, and then I saw some tracks that I decided to follow. Just a little way I saw a deer pawing at the snow. What sights you will see and hear while moving through the woods on a snowy yet very cold and windy winters day.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Nightingale
I am going to share with you a novel that is a classic novel like the ones in the image, but one that, I believe, will be a classic one day. Kristin Hannah has written 'The Nightingale'. It is a novel that will bring you tears, smiles, tears and smiles again with how the story progresses. This is the story of Vianne and Isabelle two sisters of World War II and how they survived. Vianne and Isabelle see the war in two different ways: one as a mother and the other as a person seeking adventure and seeking retribution. There is a line in the story that works even today with all the wars and battles that have occurred over the years: "We men are perhaps too quick to reach for our guns." Men back then should have listened to the women of the war, but did we?
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
In the annals of unsolved mysteries, few cases are as chilling and perplexing as the Dyatlov Pass incident. On a frigid February night in 1959, nine experienced hikers ventured into the unforgiving Ural Mountains of Russia, never to return alive. What transpired on the slopes of what the indigenous Mansi people call "Dead Mountain" has baffled investigators, researchers, and mystery enthusiasts for over six decades.
By Nathaniel Otengabout a year ago in Critique
The Table 2. Top Story - September 2024.
An empty table where are the people to enjoy the space. (An empty table could mean a lot of things to me. One reason for an empty table is because there is no family. Another reason for an empty table there could be no food, but still another reason for an empty table could be that no care to show up just to be together food or no food. A table's purpose to bring together those who care and share what is important with one another. I know in today's society its main purpose is to be a vehicle to serve and eat food with very little meaningful conversation except for maybe 'Pass the butter." or "Pass the ketchup." No one really shares their day around the table anymore maybe because they are so busy from school and work and other activities. There is one day or two that there is that allows for conversation even though there is a lot of passing around of food. One just has to listen to the others around the table.)
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Blizzard
After reading another creators poem on snow it kind of made me homesick for a good down-home blizzard from the North. Even though it is hot and humid in the Deep South where I live now, I really miss the cold and snow from the North for it is September and it supposed to start getting chilly now but not here in Louisiana, and I actually think it's getting more humid. Snow has it hazards, and you know what I mean, but it so pretty and I always like watching it fall covering everything. For the last few weeks or say a month all I want is cool weather for I will accept highs in the 50's now for that would be better than 90's and 100's.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Electric typewriter
The image is one of an old electric typewriter that has probably typed quite a bit of work by various writers of all kinds. This is an image of an electric typewriter that I also had at one time. I remember the buzz sound it made when you turned it on the element scanned across the platen as you waited to start typing whatever you had planned, whether it be a story, poem, or term paper. It still had the clickity clack sound of an old manual, but one did not have to punch the keys so hard as one had to do on a manual.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
What is sketching?
So, what is sketching? Sketching is an artistic form that is the very beginnings of a drawing or a painting of an object of some kind. An object could be just about anything from the common fruit bowl to a tree to a house, etc. To me sketching is just a way to relax and have fun. As some say a picture is like a thousand words. Artists are writers and writers are artists. One uses pictures and one uses words. To me these two careers are compatible with each other. What would a book especially a children's or youth book be without pictures or at least some illustrations. I think adult books even have illustrations at times if I'm not mistaken.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Rape Culture
‘The Rape Culture’ might sound exaggerated but yes that's what is happening in India. You just open any newspaper or any social media and you get news in front of you about rape that happened yesterday, the day before yesterday, or any kind of data that blows your mind and makes you numb.
By sagar detheabout a year ago in Critique
Why Everest Should Be Your Top Choice for Exploring Nepal’s Mountains
Nepal is a country renowned for its majestic mountain ranges, vibrant cultures, and unparalleled trekking experiences. Among its many stunning peaks, Mount Everest—standing at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet)—holds a special place in the hearts of adventurers and trekkers from around the globe. If you're considering a trek in Nepal, here’s why Everest should be at the top of your list:
By bikash khanalabout a year ago in Critique