Caitlin
His confession made me wonder how many other chances I missed because I was too scared.
2011-09-02 10:19:08 / Rating: 237.25 / 
Story archives - tag: "history"
Peter James Armstrong
When the Mayflower docked at Plymouth Rock, the first woman to step off signed a charter, thus leaving a trail that would eventually lead my grandmother, a genealogist, to discover that this women was the first in our family to step foot in this country.
2011-03-04 16:19:40 / Rating: 269 /
Heritage
A long time ago, a Czech immigrant joined a foreign naval force, jumped ship in America, killed a man in a bar fight, was sent to a chain gang in the south, then fell in love with and was broken out by my Cherokee great-grandmother.
2009-07-27 20:11:00 / Rating: 709.5 /
hungover
I slept through the inauguration.
2009-01-20 14:53:15 / Rating: 358.75 /
Steph
Up until two days ago, I thought Ernest Hemingway was a large, black man.
2008-02-20 12:52:47 / Rating: 367 /
Venus
I was just thinking that I have never heard him speak when he looked up at the board and said in an almost musical voice, "That's a big number."
2007-09-28 12:34:28 / Rating: 414.5 /