August to me is the Dog Days of Summer as well as the month to get ready for Back-to-School. The days are still hot, and one just lays around for the last days of just plain relaxing are just about done for the busy days are not that far off now. The excitement for me and going back-to-school and seeing all my school friends, but also the excitement of family reunions and a few other end-of-summer picnics. The dog days of August are days to remember and to take a breath for Christmas is not that far away for us.
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Mark Graham
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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Another night at the Children's library
Got called in to work another night shift at the Children's library. I really do not mind for that place is really just fun to be in with all the colors and pictures on the walls, as well as the little tables and chairs. These can be hard to clean up depending on what the staff has the kids doing. As usual the first duty is as like in adult family libraries reshelving the books is the first to be done. As I was once again, going up and down the stacks there was that whisper again of "Read the book. Read the book." At times I am actually expecting to hear the whispers now.
By Mark Graham6 months ago in Fiction
How would an alien invasion look like? Part 2
As told in the first part of the story, an alien invasion would unfold without large battles, with humanity overwhelmed not by brute force but by systemic collapse designed from orbit. Humanity becomes collateral damage, displaced, suppressed, or extinguished by environmental and technological interventions, not direct warfare.
By Aurel Stratanabout 8 hours ago in Fiction
FPS: The Last Flame Challenge Winners
Welcome to our first Winners Announcement of the year and to the final challenge in the Fall Poetry Series. The Last Flame invited writers to sit with endings, using fire as a central image to consider what remains when something burns out: ash, warmth, memory, silence, or the faint promise of what comes next. The strongest pieces treated endings as gradual rather than sudden, allowing them to flicker, dim, and linger.
By Vocal Curation Team4 days ago in Resources
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Nice drabble for the challenge
August is a rain-filled, new school year - at least here in the good ole' South.
Great reminders! I am taking August off from working. Looking forward to it!💗💕
Mark, when the winter solstice arrives a few days before Dec 25, I yell out, YAY, the days will lengthen! August is my birth month and I remember lazy days watching clouds in the hot summers. I love the summer and don't want it to go away and bring the gray skies. You touched on this in your poem, great job!
I can’t wait for summers end and Christmas. I love Christmas so much ♦️♦️♦️