Autumn's Pillar: A Short Story

The next to die was a woman in her early twenties, her voice creaking in despair with every step she took like the old wood beneath her. Armand glanced at her as the pack in front all drooled thirsty for the satisfaction of her demise. “I’ve seen this woman before.” Armand murmured, scouring his mind, trying to match her face to that of the many

Modris Eksteins presented a tour-de-force interpretation of the political, social and cultural climate of the early twentieth century. His sources were not merely the more traditional sources of the historian: political, military and economic accounts; rather, he drew from the rich, heady brew of art, music, dance, literature and philosophy as well. Eksteins examined ways in which life influenced, imitated, and even became art. Eksteins argues that life and art, as well as death, became so intermeshed as to be indistinguishable from one another.

La Chute translated The Fall, was published in 1956 by Albert Camus '. The Fall is Camus’ last completed novel according to the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Fall can be seen as complex. At times, interpreting and analyzing can be difficult to some when attempting to understand the novel. However, according to Referential Anxiety in Contemporary French Fiction by David R. Ellison, there is no right or wrong way to interpret The Fall because Camus never had the chance to explain it himself. David R. Ellison argues that "It seems as if no real progress has been made in deciphering the text’s central enigmas" due to this. For the reader, this is good or bad news. The bad news is that no one can tell you with any real authority exactly how to

“So Cotton,” Raven said, changing the subject, “have you told them about the changes here, in the kingdom?”

March 19th, 2016 forever changed the beer landscape for Jupiter, Florida. This was the first of what will be many bottle and/or can releases for one of the newest breweries to grace the South Florida horizon. A woman walking by asked me what the line was for. I proceeded to explain how Civil Society Brewing was having their first bottle release which in this case was in the form a 32oz crowler. 375 crowlers (3 per person) would, in fact, be released to fans who had come from as far away as Miami.

Legends of the Fall is an excellent story of brotherhood, loss, and life. Originally Legends of the Fall was a story written by Jim Harrison, but later was adapted into a film. The story tells of three brothers named: Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel, who lived their lives on a plantation in Montana and then decided to go to war once the youngest brother was of age. Samuel, the youngest brother seemed to be favored by the family; and the older brothers only want to go to war to protect him. Eventually tragedy strikes and young Samuel is killed by machine guns due to his blindness from mustard gas. Tristan (the middle brother) took Samuel’s death especially hard and many other characters thought he had become completely mad. Once Tristan and

The 2015-16 Season presented by the Cache Valley Center for the Arts at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, marks the 23rd season of world class performing artists coming to Cache Valley. The season features a wide variety of shows including, the touring Broadway Musical Million Dollar Quartet, the Bar J Wranglers who will celebrate 15 years of coming to the Ellen Eccles Theatre and classic hits performed by The Hit Men: Former Stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons who will sing hits from Frankie Valli, Tommy James, Jim Croce and other artists they toured with during the 60’s, 70’s and the 80’s. Season tickets go on sale August 17 and are available online at www.CacheArts.org, by phone (435) 752-0026 or can be purchased at the box office located

“Her long shadow fell to the water’s edge. Her face had a tragic and fierce aspect of wild sorrow and of dumb pain mingled with the fear of some struggling, half-shaped resolve. She stood looking at us without a stir, and like the wilderness itself, with an air of brooding over an inscrutable purpose…”

American soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome and French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc denote a great chemistry on Magic Circle, a duo album that explores classic jazz tunes and a couple of originals with a very personal vision.

“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The

Just six days before Valentina’s scheduled landing, the Earth Space Center observed a strong corona mass ejection, which was caused by the differential rotation of the sun, pointing at the direction of Mars. The distorted magnetic field of the sun created a solar flare at the corona, and subsequently released large amount of electromagnetic radiation and charged particles (EurekAlert 2010). The energy released by a corona mass ejection could be as great as 1020 J (NASA, What is a Solar Flare? n.d.). The charged particles were ejected at a speed of 500 km/s, and the charged particles would reach Valentina’s spacecraft in five days. Engineers gathered in the space center and discussed if Valentina’s spacecraft would be affected. Five days passed

It was a beautiful winter night with a light snow fall. Pillar was driving back from work on a deserted road in the woods. Suddenly, the snow started falling heavier and it became a big snowstorm. Pillar got stuck. He started spinning, and his transmission cracked in two.

Misty dew covers the entire surface of the field. The yellowing corn stalks stand erect and proud until my grandpas tractor comes to end their growth. Autumn slowly weaves its way in and leaves a stain of brilliant color in its wake. Not everyone enjoys such colors, but when you take a second to step outside your doorstep, and look at all the wonders that surround you, you’d be surprised at how marvelous the world can truly be. To me, Autumn is a time for relishing in the colors. Soaking in the oranges and reds while sitting by a warm fire. It’s a time for remembering that everything does end, but it does not have to end in the dreadful way we think it will. Autumn is a time for the closeness of others to keep out the chill of the morning and the starry-eyed darkness of the night.

When one thinks of a ballet they hear soft rhythmic notes and see elegantly dancing ballerinas softly tip-toeing around the stage. This is also what people in early 1900’s expected to see when they planned to attend a ballet. However, a couple of motivated artists in 1913 literally planned to change the design of ballet, music and dance forever. On May 29, 1913 a ballet named The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris, France. The original title as it translates from Russian to French is; Le Sacre du Printemps, meaning the rite of spring, but the literal translation from Russian to English means “Sacred Spring”. The ballet and music were composed by Igor Stravinsky, with the help of Nicholas Roerich, who proposed the general idea behind the

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful “princess” by the name of Autumn. She gained this name thanks to her pale auburn hair, her smattering of freckles, and her birth season, fall. As a child, Autumn grew a fine woven crown intricately designed of thin vines, delicate flowers, and dainty leaves. As the seasons changed, her crown did too. In the summer her head was topped with an abundance of color from the vibrantly hued hibiscus, azaleas, and roses that bloomed there. As summer succumbed to fall, the flowers wilted and died, but the leaves, that intertwined with the flowers in the earlier season, grew larger and gave way to vivid reds, yellows, oranges, and purples. This was always Autumn’s favorite season, the colors