Author: Mr. Rich

I descend knee deep into chilly refreshing water. Feet sink into wet rocky sand. Water splashes droplets fall lightly on my face. I walk deeper. A tide so low you could walk for miles still keeping your head above. I wave my cousin on urging her to descend deeper into the salty waters. Water rises […]

The phone rings. It is 3 am. “Hello?” I can hear the dead silence; the house is does not move. It feels like years before I hear my mom say “What?” The next morning there is luggage at our front door. The plane ride feels empty. We are there The white walls surround us. The […]

For a little taste of warmer weather: 1. Dragon Fruit or otherwise known as pitaya is a fruit indigenous from the Americas tasting almost like a kiwi. 2. Coconuts are from the family of arecaceae! It is the only species of genus Cocos. Coconuts contain a very sweet interesting taste. 3. The Arkansas black apple […]

Sweat Rolling down your face Heart Beating faster than lightning Heat Surrounded my warmness all around Dizzy The room spins in circles around you Fall You are falling from the sky Reach For the control Take a Breath

The windows are down and the wind breezes by my face. The street is crowded by houses that lie on top of one another. I see rippling lights, flickering to a rhythm that is not heard. The sky is pitch black with small sparkles hardly seen. I walk on the lumpy sidewalks with gum stains […]

1.. Did you know that groundhogs are rodents? I didn’t! Groundhogs are rodents because of their continually growing teeth. Thats right! Groundhogs have buckteeth! 2..Groundhogs=Woodchucks! Did you know that!? Many people have this misconception that groundhogs and woodchucks are two different animals entirely! 3. Groundhogs have a special diet! Groundhogs gorge themselves with food all […]

This is so cool! I thought. I examined it like a doctor does an x-ray. Michael is so lucky he found this. My then five-year-old brother had found a rhinestone on the floor of the dusty garage, right near the parked mini-van. It was shiny like a real diamond, and there it was in my […]

1. Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States 2. Abraham Lincoln had a son named Robert 3. Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 4. Mary Todd Lincoln married Abraham Lincoln 5. Lincoln was a lawyer 6. Abe Lincoln was a licensed bartender 7. Lincoln’s assassin was a famous actor 8. Abraham Lincoln […]

I don’t know about you, but when I first learned not all kids have a chance to play youth sports I was furious. I know I’m lucky, my family has always been able to afford the registration fees for sports. Knowing that there are kids like me that don’t have the resources to play sports […]

The school bell rings. Freedom! Free from the stressful workloads during the weekdays. Freedom to spend time with family and friends… Everything is fine until I remember the homework. I puff out a long, frustrated sigh, and start to work. I bunch up in my room like a hibernating bear, surrounded by endless textbook pages, […]