One rainy Saturday, I was just lying on the couch watching some college b-ball on TV. Then suddenly, my mom yells from the other end of the house, "Go up in the attic and get me grandma's old silver platter. I have some friends coming over tonight for a jewelry party!...

The one historical figure that has had a dramatic impact on my life, and more than likely numerous others, is Anne Frank. I feel the courage and emotions that she was able to exhibit and display to herself as well as many others in dire times, is something to be admired by all. In 1942, when the ...

THE WITCHES' COVE It was a dark, foggy night. Nothing was stirring, not even a bat. As I walked down the dark street to my friend's house, I saw the old broken-down, tattered Nelson mansion. As I passed the spooky old house, it seemed like a silence fell over the little town of ...

NECKLACE ESSAY Mr. Loisel thinks his wife is beautiful the way she is. He believes that if his wife had accepted her situation in life, things would have turned out differently. Mr. Loisel believes that the diamond necklace and his wife are similar, they are both fakes. They want people to perc...

The house I grew up in was over two hundred years old. There were newer additions added to the house but the older parts were made of logs with mortar in-between these logs that had horsehair as part of the mixture. Growing up in this house has left me with some very interesting stories. On hot...

Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in Laura Ingalls WildersLittle House? series. The year is 1871 and five year old Laura Ingalls and her family, Pa, Ma, Mary, and Baby Carrie, live in a log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. There is only one road that passes near by their cab...

Maggie Cookman September 27, 2000 The Reid House was designed by W.G. Clark and Charles Menefee and built in John’s Island, SC in 1986. Menefee and Clark designed primarily in the American South. Clark and Menefee are known for their “tripartite vertical organization.”...

The Night the Ghost Got In is a classic example of how a little thing can turn into a very large problem. After James had heard the sound downstairs, he and his brother Herman decided to find out what it was. All of the commotion in the house seems to have awoken their mother who then tried to figur...

The House On Mango Street The House On Mango Street is a book full of stories told by Esperanza Cordero who dreams with the house she will someday have, but not on Mango Street. While Esperanza is going through her childhood she is very sure what is her heritage, and therefore in part what is she...