Kate’s was ready to pull out her weapon, but Robbie calls out to the strange beachcomber at night. “Go the other way!” The staggering man stops, drops an empty wine bottle, turned, headed back where he came from. Kate removed her hand from her purse. Robbie casually asked her, “Any reason for the special precaution?” “Oh, forgot to tell you, we’re on high alert now.” “I didn’t get that memo.” “You’re getting it now.” One aspect of being a spook, you’re trained to notice little things. Like people casually walking towards you. Kate gave Robbie a pleasant visual. “I’ll probably have to stay in your beachfront shack when I do come down.” “I can promise you’ll be staying at my beachfront shack.” “-- I made sure the agency gave you a fast boat. …show more content…
Has to be a skeleton screw, sorry.” “A two-man crew? Sure -- why not, Delano and I can handle it.” “It’s a spy boat, Robbie, can’t have civilians working on it, what if there’s a …show more content…
Robbie’s bachelor’s crib was ultra-modern, there are no walls, dividing the living room, kitchen and dining room. A fireplace was in the center of the living room, with an indoor patio and a 78-inch circular TV that was standing in a corner. The only furniture was a sofa, coffee table, five cheap chairs, a mantle, cement floors and an authentic Native American bow and arrow in a frame in the center of one wall. Also, a 1939 Indian Springfield Darkhorse motorcycle parked in the center of the room. Delano asked him with a hint of knowing the answer, “You going to finish that painting before you’re in your seventies?” “One day, just taking my time.” “Been working on a few years now.” “Six to be exact, it’s sort of my Sistine Chapel.” Robbie flops on his favorite inexpensive, beat-up sofa, and asked Delano with a degree of curiosity although not really giving a damn, “Alright, Mr. Soccer guy -- who’s going to win -- Germany or Brazil?” Delano thinks for a beat. -- “I have this cute, sexy Brazilian babe coming over tomorrow night, she might be in a better mood if Brazil wins. But on the other hand, my ex was from Munich, she’s back in town, big soccer fan by the way, her brother was on the national team -- now she might be in a better if the Germans win -- I’m pretty much at a crossroads on who I want to
“A Doll House.” Literature: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Janet E. Gardner, Beverly Lawn, Jack Ridl, and Peter Schakel. Third edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. 850-908. Print.
The setting of this observation takes place in a suburban home in southern Maryland. The home belongs to the grandmother of the subject. The day is before thanksgiving and there are a lot of family members present. Six people other than Imani are here; her older brother who seemed to be 2 years old, her male cousin who seems to be the same age as her, her grandmother, two aunts, an uncle, and her mother. There are three boys total and four females, including Imani. The home has three floors, with most of the activity taking place in the kitchen and family room. In the family room, there were couches, a tread mill, television, and a set of steps that lead to the kitchen. The kitchen has a table, an island, appliances,
Emmett's father once stumbled upon of one of Emmett’s painting. The painting depicted a front of a house in an empty picture. It had shallow wooden stairs that led to an open door. Inside laid a crumbled object and a naked heel of a person. Emmett’s Father was entranced by this picture, thinking of ways to enrich the picture. As Emmett came into to room, his father told him that he was an artist. Emmett replied to his compliment by taking the picture and with a corn knife, “cut the picture to shreds.” He proceeded
The materials used for the house are inexpensive, in keeping with the surrounding structures. One section is made of concrete blocks, exposed on the inside and covered with waterproofing paint on the outside. The other part of the house is “sheathed in plywood and battens and its roof is covered in asphalt shingle.” The floors are painted pine, the interior partitions, painted plywood. The total cost of the house was $102,000, only $2,000 over the budget that the Reids had set. They wanted the house built because they wanted to move their two small children out of a trailer home, and they wanted to have a larger space in which they could manage their 120-acre horse farm. The total area of the house is only 1600 sq. ft. One author noted that the house “[reconciles] lofty aspirations and modest means.”
Changing places can be very difficult sometimes. Starting a life in a different place that you might not be used to or just living a different lifestyle. I went through that phase many times. The first time was because something that had a big impact in my life happened. My mom and dad gotten divorced. It mostly affected me because I was the oldest and had much more memories with my dad than my brother and sister.
“I thought you wouldn't be to thrilled about that, but the problem is that there could be anywhere from one to twenty. It's hard to identify how many there are. They're good at getting around cameras.”
“A ship!” one of the crew members yells. “On the other side of the boat!” He adds.
In the 21st century, an ordinary bedroom consists of a simple bed, a dresser, some picture, a closet and it is only used for sleeping. But for an Elizabethan woman some odd things where required. The bedroom was called My lady’s chamber. It was a place of entertainment, where the woman would receive guests, play cards or chess and dine intimately with a few close friends. The bed itself was very extravagant. Decorated with curtains or hangings. The bedclothes were linen or holland sheets, on top where some woolen blankets with a decorative coverlet, and some pillows. Everything was made of English oak; the chairs, stools, tables and the chests. The tables were covered with Turkey carpets and each stool had a cushion, embroidered by the ladies of the
I’m going to start out with the place I’ve lived my whole life Gresham, Oregon. It’s a pretty good thing having lived Gresham my whole life. Everything is super close like parks, stores, and schools. It was the best to grow up in opinion I got to see some stuff I should avoid and got to meet people that were helpful in my life. Also a plus of living in a smaller city is if you meet one person when you go to the park you will most likely see them another time. I have friends I played basketball with at Highland one year ago and still play against them to this day. There's a community more in Gresham, I think no one's afraid to talk to each other or ask for help and if someone needs help they won’t shrug them off. That’s one thing I don’t really see if other places everyone else has their own agenda and that doesn’t include knowing your neighbors. That’s insane, but it makes me happy that Gresham has friendly people unlike other cities. Maybe some of that is to do with schooling which is the next thing I want to talk about.
You would think that when I decided what to do with the rest of my life, it would be some profound moment when something huge took place. Nothing dangerous or crazy happened, but my heart was changed. Suddenly, everything made sense to me and I knew what journey I was going to take and why I was going to take it. The funny thing about all of this is, it was one kindergartner who opened my eyes. One five year-old who showed me what I’m destined to do for the rest of my life.
They went inside. There was no furniture in the house, only a paisley wallpaper and a vinyl carpeting (the cheap kind that snags your toenails) and a bay window that encased the living room. The house was built back in the seventies. Its previous owner was an elderly widow, who had died in the living room from having choked on a potato chip. But her lavender perfume had left a forever stench in the walls; each breath tasted like like dragging your tongue down a satin sheet.
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I have only every went to school in Wythe County. I went to elementary school at Jackson Memorial, middle school at Fort Chiswell, and high school at Fort Chiswell. I remember my favorite teacher was Mrs. Odell she was my second grade teacher. Probably my most memorable memory of her and her class was when she used to read to us. The whole class would sit in a circle around her on the carpet in the back corner of the room near the book shelve. The books I remember her reading was The Adventures of Fudge. Another thing that I remember vividly about her was that she was pregnant when I had her. My mom works for the system so my brother and I used to always ride to school with her in the mornings. We were very lucky to
Once upon a time, I saw the world like I thought everyone should see it, the way I thought the world should be. I saw a place where there were endless trials, where you could try again and again, to do the things that you really meant to do. But it was Jeffy that changed all of that for me. If you break a pencil in half, no matter how much tape you try to put on it, it'll never be the same pencil again. Second chances were always second chances. No matter what you did the next time, the first time would always be there, and you could never erase that. There were so many pencils that I never meant to break, so many things I wish I had never said, wish I had never done. Most of them were small, little things, things that you could try to glue back together, and that would be good enough. Some of them were different though, when you broke the pencil, the lead inside it fell out, and broke too, so that no matter which way you tried to arrange it, they would never fit together and become whole again. Jeff would have thought so too. For he was the one that made me see what the world really was. He made the world into a fairy tale, but only where your happy endings were what you had to make, what you had to become to write the words, happily ever after. But ever since I was three, I remember wishing I knew what the real story was.
I never really thought about where my life was going. I always believed life took me where I wanted to go, I never thought that I was the one who took myself were I wanted to go. Once I entered high school I changed the way I thought. This is why I chose to go to college. I believe that college will give me the keys to unlock the doors of life. This way I can choose for myself where I go instead of someone choosing for me.