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Tamir Rice’s Mother Awarded $6 million: Was it enough?

Getting Touched by a Ghost inside Leap Castle: An Irish Castle Story
I climbed up the narrow spiral staircase behind my group. I was the last one up. As I climbed, I noticed a small wooden door. I grasped the handle and pulled it open. The door led to an empty and dark hallway. In my right hand, I held my heavy Sony a7Rii camera. In my […]
Learning Apps for Struggling Students and Students Wanting To Push Themselves More
When it comes to educating our children, we need all the help we can get. Whether you have a struggling student or a student that breezes through their work and needs to be challenged more, parenting a school-age kid is hard. We want what’s best for our kids and will do and try anything to […]
Remembering 9/11
I’m not sure why, but I’ve never written about 9/11. I’m always at a crossroads if I should write when something happens that triggers a story. But when you’re a writer, you write about what you feel. You write your story. For all of us that were alive on September 11, 2001, 9/11 is part […]
Taking a Black Taxi Tour of Belfast is the Best way to See and Learn About the City
Our taxi driver, Paddy O’Donnell, sat behind the wheel sharing a tragic story of the reason a monument was erected. On the spot, civilians were murdered and homes burned down. As he spoke to us, a Frenchman on a bicycle rode up to Mr. O’Donnell’s window. Paddy rolled the window down and the man on […]
Visiting the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher
My trip to Ireland is filled with places I wish I could’ve spent more time. One of those places is Inis Mor (Inishmore) of the Aran Islands. The Aran Islands are made up of 3 small rocky islands. Inishmore is the largest. The other two are Inishmaan (Inis Meain) and Inisheer (Inis Oiir). The landscape […]

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