short story

Scarlet, My Love
As I flew with my father across a pond our reflection surprised me. We looked like twins! My tail feathers had grown, and my feet were a beautiful black. We landed close to the pond and I tipped my head to see my reflection. My eyes were now a clear yellow, just like Dad’s.
By anita tosh4 years ago in Earth
Confessions of the Desert
Confessions of the Desert 　　 I am a desert. Huangsha Wanli is my gauze robe. Vast, desolate, just because there is no life on my gauze as accessories; excited, rejoicing, the boundless gold shows my dignity even more.
By CoSmile4 years ago in Earth
The Birch Tree
Growing up, a birch tree stood tall in my front yard. It had beautiful white bark and was covered in these clusters of tiny little flowers. In autumn, the leaves would turn yellow, overwhelming our house with color. My sisters and I would rake the leaves into a big pile to jump in and throw at each other, only to re-rake again. On the sturdiest of branches, my dad attached a little turquoise swing with yellow ropes and pushed us as high as it could go. I loved the tummy drop the swing gave me. After the leaves disintegrated and the snow started to fall, the white bark would hold snowflakes; the serenity of winter. This birch tree was my absolute favorite tree. It holds some of my first memories.
By KB4 years ago in Earth
Climate Awareness Among People
Al Gore, in the discourse, brought issues to light among individuals that they should often think about the people in the future by taking suitable measures to ensure the people in the future against the impacts of the environmental emergency.
By Kixona4 years ago in Earth
Widow Makers
After a grueling 12 mile hike through the Ozark mountains, I found myself surrounded by towering trees and dark grey clouds. I had no idea what was in store for me but I knew it would be exciting, to say the least.
By Julia Maupin4 years ago in Earth
Pollution In Air
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards are the guidelines or arrangements taken on by states to guarantee the security of the climate. Besides, this body is worried about ensuring contamination-free air. This association has a few systems to ensure that delivering organizations regard contamination anticipation methodologies and practice safe creation that shields the climate from contamination. Public Ambient Air Quality Standards are firmly related to different organizations that endeavor to guarantee a protected environment. One of the associations that National Ambient Air Quality Standards is firmly connected with is EPA and the 1970 Clean Air Act (Gurjar, Molina, and Ojha, 2010). By and large, National Ambient Air Quality Standards are firmly identified with these associations since they likewise endeavor to guarantee the foundation of a protected and sound climate. There are typical contaminations that states have encompassing air quality guidelines authorized; for example, they incorporate carbon monoxide, airborne particulate matter, lead, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Various nations have set up different strategies to aid the guideline of the six contaminations in their current circumstance, for example, the United States. The United States has embraced an approach pointed toward controlling the impacts of carbon monoxide by guaranteeing air cleaners to lessen the degree of carbon monoxide noticeable all around like clockwork (Gurjar, Molina, and Ojha, 2010).
By Rolo Hay4 years ago in Earth
Ventilation of Horse Barns
Horticultural practices involving keeping pigs, ponies, poultry, and ponies incline individuals to respiratory infections, such as asthma, because of the plenty of particles and gases they produce. These inorganic and natural particles involve allergens, aggravations, and poisons, which are answerable for respiratory infections. Inorganic particles exude from minerals in a stable equine climate. Natural particles are the most prevailing particles since they radiate from excrement, hide, parasites, microscopic organisms, and different microorganisms that are available in a stable equine climate. Every day, a significant number of individuals in Sweden communicate with ponies in a stable equine environment, where they open themselves to the natural residue, organisms, and microbial items like endotoxins and β-glycan. As per Walinder et al., corrals contain 1-3-β-glycan and endotoxins, which are biological particles that kindle the respiratory framework, cause asthma, and diminish aspiratory capacities (265). In particular, inadequately ventilated corrals have expanded degrees of natural and inorganic particles, thus, presenting incredible dangers to people and ponies. In this view, a stable equine climate has hurtful biological particles, which incline individuals to respiratory sicknesses like asthma. Considering that the equine business is colossal, it infers that a critical number of individuals are in danger of creating respiratory illnesses attributable to their openness to natural and inorganic particles in a stable equine climate.
By Rolo Hay4 years ago in Earth
The Grief Tree
in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains, somewhere between cattle farms and mono-cropped plains, lives a tree that took root
By Lauren Pacione 4 years ago in Earth
Forest Fantsy
While the wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter is indeed a magical place, my favorite fantasy world is one that I cannot remember the source of. At this point, I’m not sure if it was a dream or a book, as it has lived in my mind since I was a young child, and while I’m far past the socially acceptable age of scouring children’s books to find it without caring for a young child, I cannot forget it.
By F4 years ago in Earth
Energy & Creation
I have something inside of me that can't wait to come out... It's boiling and at the same time patiently fabricating or should I say growing stronger and stronger. Now this thing is huge I can feel it because it's all over my body. I would like to call it a volcano but no, it is not a volcano for the volcano destroy things once unleashed. I'm so I thought maybe water but even when water that much more an essence to human can cause damage. I think then, it is more like an energy of creation. You know, like a women experience when she is pregnant. But in my case this energy of creation is waiting a building up. Now how do I feel through this cycle? Well, think of the women whom in fact would be the transportation or the delivery of the greatest creation on earth. Not the women have not experience that before or who do not yet know that 9 months is only phase one of her creation, nor the woman who may think that 18 years will release her from all emotional attachment to her delivery. I think it is more like the woman who surely knows that this creation of hers is a lifetime duty, even could be beyond lifetime, who knows? However, this she must prepare not only for 9 months nor 18 years but for a lifetime commitment.
By Ni Yadashi4 years ago in Earth
"Not Your Average Job"
I love my job because, at the end of each day, I know I’m still alive. And that puts all other jobs to shame. When an average person gets up to go to work, they lay out their clothes, maybe take a shower and spend some time in front of the mirror, have a bowl of cereal alongside toast and juice, gather the items they’ll need for work, and kiss their family goodbye.
By David White4 years ago in Earth
Part of the Ridge
Over the ridge I looked down, down, down. A few lone stones bounced off the edge and, in their wake, the dust kicked up caught rays of sunlight beaming from overhead. In the sunny Australian desert, it was easy to feel the heatwaves shimmering up from underneath as my sunglasses threatened to fall off my nose and slide into the gorge below. But still, I pulled myself back and turned to face the bulldozer.
By Sam Liena4 years ago in Earth