Essay
Come Sunday Morning
Come Sunday morning you take a walk alone or with your companion in this case my dog. I am watching the sunrise rising over the horizon and seeing the sky turn from a light purple to almost a red. There is that old Navy saying, "Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning, Red skies in the evening Sailors rejoice. That is not the right word, but I could never remember that one word. Sunday a time to rest and rejoice for it's a day to say thanks to the Lord for another day or two or three or more.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Managing
We all seem to arbitrarily save enough to live as in getting food to eat and to cloth ourselves, well if we are able to do this for there are some that are out there that need our help through no fault of their own who need extra help. I know there are thrift stores and helping hands, but some people are just too proud to admit that they need help, and I also know that out of that group of individuals there are some that are just lazy and do not want to do anything worthwhile but complain about.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Community
The World community always seemed to think that the natural resources were always inexhaustible, but we are slowly learning that they are not. The powers that be are always trying to find new ways to increase these resources, but it seems like they are always doing it too late or in the wrong ways like 'fracking'. I always liked wind and solar power, but it seems even those have drawbacks. The lesson I learned is that all the resources are related to each other in some way, and we have to figure a way to harness their togetherness some way.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Guessing?
We can only guess at what the next new word in the dictionary might be. I am still amazed at some of the words that seem to join the lexicon world of this major tome. There are many words in this book of books that seems to add to our knowledge in many areas of living our lives. Words like 'bot' could be one of them. I think 'bot' is in this book of learning to spell and increasing vocabulary. If at times we do not know how to spell words remember what your teacher always said, "Look it up."
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Teachers and Education
Another vocabulary project that I am working on is one dealing with the Foundations of education from the history to the present and all the needed information that a student of education may need. There are so many theorists from the Greeks to the present day. One must learn the past to improve the present to hopefully make the future better for all people. To educate is to make understanding not just the facts but the idea or ideas behind them. Teaching is a profession that is hard to comprehend at times for all the issues. Teaching is a calling.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Human Brain
I am starting to research for a vocabulary textbook reviewing all the necessary vocabulary dealing with the subject of biological psychology. In other words why does the brain make us do what we do. The mind or should I say the mind is a terrible thing to waste is a phrase I heard on an old television commercial. It was either a Just Say No PSA or about some college fund. Anyway in researching I thought of this little drabble to explain my future writings. Get ready for neurons, glial cells and all you may want to know about synapses.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Lively Art of Writing
'The Lively Art of Writing' A book on composition by Lucile Vaughan Payne. This is an academic book that I have seen read by students when I was in high school who had taken either a course known back then as Advanced Communcations or Honors English. This book was published back in 1975 when I was in upper elementary school and even though it is an older text there are a lot of exercises that can still help writers today.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Just for Fun! 2
What would the world do without its greatest invention known as the safety pin? First, there will be a lot of babies back in the days before disposable diapers mothers would have to figure a way to fasten their baby's diaper well, but what a hassle that would be. I guess they could use buttons. Well, for another thing when pants happen to lose a button, or a zipper is broken there would be no way of securing it closed. Wouldn't that be a hoot if caught on the outside. Then it was a good thing that it was invented.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Reading and Writing Shorthand
This is the subject that I learned and now reviewing, so that I can offer some Shorthand lessons maybe or even write a story or even a novel using this form of writing. There was a very old magazine called 'The Shorthand Writer' I think that was what it was called, and all their stories were written in Gregg shorthand minus the advertisements.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Genograms Assessment and Interventions
'Genograms Assessment and Interventions' is a textbook for counselors, therapists and other related professions. The textbook is written by Monica McGoldrick, Randy Gerson, and Sueli Petry. This book will show you how to make a genogram while learning the terminology and the symbols that go into your project with individual and group clients. The reader will learn to listen more effectively to a person or family history to get to the nitty gritty of the issues and problems that are affecting individuals and families. Chapter 10 was my favorite for it dealt with Play therapy to do with children and parents as well as with the geriatric patients. This was a textbook that was included in the intensive one-week course entitled 'Introduction to Marriage and Family'. In that course I only read what was pertinent to my final project, but in re-reading the textbook now it was a fascinating book for it covered many famous people throughout history.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
