Reading Time: 10 minutes I took the train on the red line from the industrial, refinery towns to the downtown exit near the University. I was early for my interview, so I had a chance to walk around. The Dress for Less discount clothing store where I’d bought my Read More …
Reading Time: 4 minutes The summer before 9th grade I went to the State Fair with my father. Every word in that sentence drips with meaning that is hard to convey on the dry, arid surface of language. The summer before my freshman year was especially challenging. Shortly before Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute A cousin of Vrscikasana, scorpion pose, Ibex helps students open hips and explore their reliance on a sense of direction. The pose is in the family of meta-inversions. These are poses that invert the body, providing the traditional benefits of handstands and headstands, while also inverting the Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Although many beginners find the deep meditation of Octopus pose challenging, they’ll find the intense shoulder stretch created by the binding more than makes up for having to grow the additional limbs.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Beginning practitioners enjoy this gentle modification for the more advanced shapeshifting poses, such as the subtly nuanced Cuttlefish pose. With regular practice, students can enjoy moments of great thinness and attractiveness in ashrams or studios, while still exploring expansive yoga pants moments. This helps to combat Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Students always appreciate the greater sense of space in the cervical region, as well as the deep focus inward, when performing this pose. Please note: this is contraindicated for students with disk degeneration, fused vertebrae at C6/C7, known problems at the atlas/axis joint, at-risk for Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Like anyone growing up, Glenda wondered if she would ever meet The One. When she was very small she heard adults talk in hushed voices about others who had found The One: Young women when they least expect it, some women when they thought they Read More …
Reading Time: 2 minutes I tried to keep my demeanor calm, but the other astronauts noticed my excitement. Who could blame me? I was finally going to set foot on a different world. After years trapped on a stupid rock, floating through space, I was finally going to discover Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ll write my life into a book,Conveying every blood drop,Each of a thousand sliver deaths,Until its heart beats against its spine. You’ll grip & smudge & bend my pages,Misconstrue every breath and word,As sure as paper turns to ash,As sure as ink will fade.
Reading Time: 14 minutes “Kishar is coming.” As a production assistant, it was Olivia’s job to prescreen show applications. The principle of the show was simple: People who have never met their Internet sweetheart get to meet in person. Some had good stories but travel expenses made uniting them Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sometimes he snores Like the ocean,Like geese before winter takeoff For foreign skies. Each breath escapes, One of however many we have together. Sometimes he wheezes And I do not sleep.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Winter light shocks like a crime scene,Stabbing in from the side at a diagonal,Slashing through trees with harsh, yellowed beams. Backdrops become hazy with the blue gray of old animated cels.Frazzled Cyprus march along the lane,Pushing ahead of distant oak skeletons dimmed by the fogWhile Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute I watch you breathe in your sleepThe rhythmic hush-whooshing you makereminds me of the machines beside you. Every weekThe same machines murmured rumors of you,An automated proof of life. Now I lay beside you,Trying to envelope you like the womb again,Wondering if your breath is Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute 3 a.m. bottle feedingIn a room with no view.The sound of pouring rainDrums on the ceiling like impatient fingers on a diner counterWaiting My breasts no longer tingle with needles.They do not pour,They do not sprinkle. Irrational sensations of inadequacyStorm away in my chestAs the Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute I knowdeep in my belly, deep in that instinctive primate place,that HUMANS AREN’T MADE TO BE AIRBORNEAnd I book the aisle seat. But as I peek across the aisleout of a braver someone else’s windowI see distant isles of deep lavenderawash in violent peach seas.I Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute “I know that sound,” she said. She recognized the rhythmic nature of the thumping sound. Was it plumbing? A loose window screen? It sounded so familiar. The sound seemed like it was coming from everywhere. She looked around the inside of the house. She walked Read More …
Reading Time: 7 minutes The facts of the case were undisputed. The defendant had murdered a man in the heat of the moment. But what would the punishment be under the circumstances? There was no precedent for a scenario like it. The entire world was watching. Janine Gardner was Read More …
Reading Time: 5 minutes The first trimester of pregnancy is the worst, as the body is trying to acclimate to supporting a new life, but the third trimester is no picnic. Pregnancy guides walk a thin line of preparing you while scaring you to death. “The following symptoms are Read More …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the sun’s out and temperatures are high, your makeup slides off your face faster than a surfer off a board, while winter gales and setting powders both leave skin dry. Replace expired makeup and switch products at the same time you rake away dead Read More …
Reading Time: 7 minutes The average consumer probably doesn’t scour the business pages whenever the Federal Reserve Bank meets to see what’s happening with the Fed Rate, but they should. Changes to the “Fed Rate” can cause significant changes to consumer savings and debt, and predictable increases can cause Read More …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most people don’t visit Lake Tahoe because it’s the second deepest lake in the United States, or because the lake is 2-3 million years old. Although these facts are perhaps interesting, the many colors seen in its pure depths, the numerous parks, ski resorts, and nightlife activities, Read More …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am. The tension in the household gradually increased until I had no alternative but to kill him. My anxiety made me cautious up until the very end. The disease had sharpened my senses, and I felt every Read More …
Reading Time: 8 minutes Before you begin Is Lockpicking Legal? The laws vary by state. Check the following site for details about your state before reading this guide. This guide is for entertainment purposes, and doesn’t provide any legal advice. Check whether the possession and purchase of lock picks Read More …
Reading Time: 7 minutes She would never show it, but this was always her favorite part. It would be uncouth to appear like a braggart, and the men wouldn’t appreciate being made to feel like simpletons, so she was always careful to couch her statements in gentle guidance, rather Read More …
Reading Time: 4 minutes It started when his dentist recommended a night guard to stop popping enamel off the sides of his teeth. He was fitted with a custom plastic bit to grind so that he’d stop sliding his teeth across each other in his sleep. The night guard Read More …
Reading Time: 6 minutes It wasn’t in his glove box either. Where could he have put it? It hadn’t rolled under the car seat or into the back. How could he have been so careless with something that could save his life? The tremors returned as his blood pressure Read More …
Reading Time: 4 minutes I didn’t think much of the mist as it climbed over the distant hills. I hiked this trail often, and the fog usually burned off by the time I would get that far. It was a cool day, but the humidity and light breeze were Read More …
Reading Time: 2 minutes The trip? Well, firstly, it was dirty when we got there. I was amazed how much cleaning I had to do on my very first day of vacation! On top of that it was more crowded than we were expecting. Pardon? No, it wasn’t a Read More …
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Is… Is that how you READ?” she asked. I glanced up from my book with annoyance. “Of course.” The woman set her coffee cup down on my table and snatched my book out of my hand. I was furious, not only with her interruption but Read More …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today’s HTML recognizes 140 standard colors by name, but what happens when you want something a little more red than DodgerBlue, or some shade in between Bisque and BlanchedAlmond? If you want to graduate from the little crayon box to the big one with all Read More …