Arts and Culture – Page 20

Lessons From Spilled Milk

By Guest Author - Kelly Christian | Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 7:00 am | 4 Comments

The milk spilled across the table and all over the floor. Its white stain splashed outward and became a ghostly firework there beside the toes of his shoes, which barely scraped the old hardwood floors so used to absorbing these accidents.

Star, Star. Mirror, Mirror.

By Guest Author - Nichole Mix | Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:00 am | 1 Comment

Often, I find myself looking up for hope. Always I come to find courage inside.
Often, I find hope in the stars. Always I’m led back to the light within.
Stars are distant reminders of who I am truly. Mysterious. Comforting. Wild and free. Stars whisper loudly to me, “Anything is possible.”

Lemon Seed

By Melinda Cochrane | Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:00 am | Leave a Comment

I find myself holding on to that lemon seed, caressing it with love as if to make the evil leave, and then my soul speaks to listening ears within me and I know the walk’s going to be next to a grand plot of trees, all with hanging lemons and each without lemon seeds.

Authenticity

By Guest Author - Anshu Dash | Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 7:05 pm | Leave a Comment

Authenticity…funny word.
Who decides what is TRULY
authentic?

I’m Not Gonna Miss You

By Guest Author - Fred Parry | Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:21 pm | Leave a Comment

As imperfect human beings, we’re the first to ask for forgiveness and understanding; but, are we the first to extend it?

Does Anyone Speak Macanese? The Demise of a Once Thriving Macau Language

By Guest Author - Mike Virtanen | Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:01 pm | 1 Comment

Since the return of large numbers of Macanese people to Portugal after Macau was handed back to the Chinese government in 1999, the decline of the Macanese dialect has been marked. Macanese is a unique blend of Malay, Portuguese and Japanese, with numerous other influences, once adopted as a common language between traders, colonialists and locals in the Portuguese trading ports.