The Way Home

The love a grandmother has for her children could not be spoken in words. The love for grandchildren is surprisingly greater. You can teach the lesions that years before you taught your own children. They are replicas of your own masterpiece.
My grandson has so many lesions to learn. Electronic devises will not always be a part of his life. For some reason my grandson learned this lesion the hard way. His longing for batteries made him go on an adventure. For once he had to learn, on his own, that he could not get his way.
The attitude of my grandson is one that I do not like. He is disrespectful to elders and uses harmful words. I know that one day he will get over this stage in his life but for now I will let him ride it out. I see the way he treats his mother and I would never have let that happen. I think my grandson growing up with no father is a terrible idea. He does not understand the quality of hierarchy. Because he didn’t have a father to look up to and receive discipline.
I have to let my grandson learn these life lesions on his own. I will always have love for him and do what he want. If he wants Kentucky Chicken, even though I don’t know what it is, I will do anything I could to get it. When he feel from the crazy cow I will always be there to clean his wounds. I feel my grandson has begun to learn the lesions of life. When I found the coco cupcake I knew he began to learn to share. The feeling in my heart grew stronger and stronger when he stepped off the bus and handed me the colorful paper.

Duong Thu Huong: Reflections of Spring

Equanimity- calm state of mind
Hanoi- The capital of Vietnam
Rice wafers- A Sourth-Eastern cuisine that is usually in a wrap

Banana Yoshimoto: Helix

Sashimi- A Japanese food consisting of fresh, raw seafood that is thinly sliced

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2044.html
One flew over the cuccoo's nest- A movie made in 1975 directed by Milos Forman about a man who get patients together to take on Nurse Ratched.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/
Prisms- a device used to refract light

Compare, contrast Gorilla, My love and The Glasstower

Both Gorilla, My Love and The Glasstower have many similarities and differences. Both Arenas and Bambara are contempary writers published in The Art of the Story. They write about main characters that show different personalities and characteristics throughout the story. Alfredo shows his other side when all of the characters in his head start to come out. Hazel started as a tomboy and soon became emotional when she find out her uncle was getting married. Arenas grew up in Cuba while Bambara grew up in the United States. Also the language of the story shows many differences. One is very formal while the other is written in a southern draw.

Reinaldo Arenas: The Glass Tower

Cuban Danzon- The official music of Cuba
http://www.arhoolie.com/titles/7032c.shtml

Toni Cade Bambara: Gorilla, My love

Persian Lamb Coat:

"Moonlight Sonata"- One of Beethovens most popular pieces of work.

Julian Barnes: Evermore

bayoneted- A knrife or a dagger that is designated to fit over the muzzle of a rifle.
Parcel- a situation when future events are forecast.
Cabaret Rouge- It is a cemetry started in the Middle Ages made for the Germans in December 1870 and then was taken over by the French in 1915. http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/cabaret_rouge.htm
Caterpillar Valley- Cemetery
Thistle Dump- Cemetery
Quarry- Cemetery
Blighty Valley- Cemetery
Ulster Tower- Memorial

Love Poem

The First Day
by Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remember the first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me;
If bright or dim the season it might be;
Summer or winter for aught I can say.
So, unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was i to see and to forsee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom, yet, for many a May.

If only I could recollect it! Such
A day of days! I let it come and go
As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow.
It seemed to mean so little, meant so much!
If only now I could recall that touch,
First touch of hand in hand! - Did one but know!

I chose this love poem because I feel that the author is really in love. She feels passionally in love with someone who she recently kissed and can not remeber what it felt like. In a way this poem makes me remember crushes from when i was little and they way i felt about those boys. I really liked this poem and the feelings that relate to Valintines Day.
http://www.lovepoetry.com/poems/random_classic2.asp

Nicola Barker: G-String

Canvey Island- A small island of the coast of Essex, England
Aston Martin- A high performance car.http://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.photo.gif
Frock- A middle aged piece of clothing for men and women. It was a wide article of clothing with full sleeves.
David Lee Roth- American rocker who sings, song writes, acts, an author and a radio personal.

Patricia Duncker: Betrayal

Crockery- dishes from which people eat (plates, blowls)
Herrings- A small fish found in shallow water
Giotto's school- Some sort of Catholic school
Vendettas- A fued between 2 different parties with acts of revenge
Tolstoyan- Follows the religious views expressed by Loe Tolstoy
Rota- Means wheel. It could be used for measuring distances.
Conquistador- Refers to a soldier, explorer or adventure. In the terms of the story i think it refers to a resturant.

"Family is a mixed blessing. You're glad to have one, but its also like recieving a life sentence for a crime you didn't commit."
- Richard Pryor
You can not help what family you are born into. There is no game to play before you are born for the better family. Family will be there for you from the day you are born until the day you die. Generation after generation your family will grow and deplete all the time. If you do not like your family or get along this is somthing you will always have to deal with. Family is unstopable.