Farm Girl

Her grace, deportment, and posture were the sensation of Vivan Rutenbeck High School. At the twelfth grade talent show she walked back and forth across the stage three times balancing all seven volumes of “Remembrance of Things Past” on her head.

Recreational Genocide

I get so focused when coding that I forget everything. The world falls away, and there’s nothing between me and lines of logic.
That kind of focus is dangerous. You don’t see what’s coming at you, and before you know it, you’re in a situation you didn’t want to be in with no way out.

Prairie Dog Town

“Let me tell you something I tell my history students. Maybe you’re old enough to get it. The difference between an extremist and a revolutionary is that the latter has popular support.

It All Began in a Crowded Market

I trailed closely behind my grandmother as she strode confidently through the crowded lanes, trying desperately not to lose sight of her bright orange sari. She was heading to the jewellery store, and I knew that I was in for a boring afternoon. The gold necklaces and earrings which fascinated her to no end somehow only made my eyes glaze over.