by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2008 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Literary Projects
Lunar Eclipse as viewed from the Southern sky on February 20, 2008. Photographed by Rachel, Abigail and me (I think Rachel took the big one and Abigail probably took the rest of the group, as I’m not certain mine made the cut for my own blog post). ...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 26, 2007 | Journal, World Views
Colonial America, being the turning point for the Old World and the starting point for the New, ought not be misrepresented. The people and politics of the continental experiment could not have been perfect or utopian, and neither did they strive for such unrealistic...
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 | Oct 19, 2006 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
When I have been absent from writing in a journal, on a blog, or perhaps even in correspondence, I tend to want to say, “I haven’t written in awhile”. However, if I decide to just use common sense and resist explaining a truth which holds itself to...
