by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2007 | Comedy, Reminiscences, World Views
As the ways of the world expand and become more complicated, things that should be sharp and clear become hazy, dull and nearly unobtrusive to some. Is the majority simply too weary to debate ancient cultural traditions that have since been commercially modernized?...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 18, 2007 | Comedy, Fair Hills Farm, Journal
Before Independence Day, we were set busily to work on the grounds of the property and household. The drought that was endured earlier this summer prompted colonies of ants to invade our kitchen, sunroom and living room in search of food and water. They are diligent,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 18, 2007 | Comedy, Journal
It is almost difficult to believe that an entire year has passed by since my first encounter with the Six Flags theme park atmosphere. Last year I was slow to acclimate, uncertain of my taste in intense recreation. I came to think of myself as a sort of killjoy...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 27, 2007 | Comedy, In Otherwords
I ventured to enter Jocelyn’s most recent competition last night. This is what became of my Astronomy madlibs on my first try (as you can see at the beginning, I have a slight obsession with the article adjective, “the”): Copernicus Four hundred...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 28, 2007 | Comedy, In Otherwords
Apparently, the seed of scientific endeavor will germinate even in the soil of amusement. Try it at your own risk. ~Amanda~
