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I’m so tired of this dull routine Up to town on the eight fifteenBack at night, off to bed and thenGet up and start it all over againLet’s take a boat to Bermuda Let’s take a plane to Saint PaulLet’s take a kayak to Quincy or NyackLet’s get away from it allLet’s take a trip […]

I’ve always loved food. At home, I do the things that every foodie does. I cook elaborate five-course meals for our friends, I watch Top Chef and dream of another life in which I might have become a chef, and I regularly attend food and wine festivals. However, it wasn’t until about five years ago […]

Bored New York office girl Teddy goes to a vacation camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Kare Free, for rest and to get away from the noisy, busy, city life and avoid advances from Emil. She meets and at first does not like waiter Chick. She also meets friend Fay, her roommate Miriam, and […]

A few years ago I went through an incredibly difficult period in my life. During this difficult time, I had a newborn son, which made everything both easier and harder. As a parent, I spend a great deal of time reading my son various books, but during this dark time, there was one specific book […]

I chose Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts for it’s many uses of figurative language. The figurative language that Rascal Flatts uses is Simile, Metaphors, Idioms, and Hyperbole’s. To make sure that we know what each one means, here are the definitions of each figurative language.life is a long, undirected road that has no […]

“It’s a Jungle Out There” is also a song written by Randy Newman and used as the theme song for the TV series Monk. The lyrics allude to Monk’s plethora of fears and warn that some degree of cautiousness and attention is necessary to stay alive, given everyday life’s many dangers. Another idiom that uses […]

“It’s a jungle out there” is an idiomatic English expression describing a dangerous and threatening situation. It often has the broader implication that the entire world is the proverbial “jungle,” a dangerous environment filled with hazards in which all parties are out only for themselves. This expression draws on a long tradition in English idiom […]

When I am not traveling, my time is devoted to my two children. Time at the lake, day trips, sporting events and being with our friends are some of our favorite things to do. Outside of these, I enjoy a good book, cooking, music and writing. Please be sure to follow my blog to hear […]

a place or condition of great happiness where everything is exactly as you would like it to be:Paradise ultimately comes from an Iranian word that the Greeks modified into paradeisos, meaning “enclosed park.” In Hellenistic Greek, “paradeisos” was also used in the Septuagint – an early Greek translation of Jewish scriptures – in reference to […]