From a Basement on the Hill

moved three times for three new houses. The last one lasted over 20 years, we then decided to make another move. After visiting many existing houses in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, we couldn’t find anyone we liked. One day my friend Carl told us about a new estate development, Walnut Brook Estates (WBE) in Rochester Hills and suggested us to visit it. WBE has bordered South Blvd with Troy on the south, between Crooks Rd on the east and College Rd on the west. A beautiful waterfall

three new houses. The last one lasted over 20 years, we decided, it was the time to make another move. After visiting many existing houses in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, we simply couldn’t find any houses fit in our interest. A friend Carl told us, there was a new estate development, Walnut Brook Estates (WBE) in Rochester Hills and suggested us to go for a look. WBE has bordered South Blvd with Troy on the south, between Crooks Rd on the east and College Rd on the west. A beautiful

However; this is not an average lottery and it turns out that this small village has a very dark secret. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LE Guin , is more imaginary than anything else. In Omelas there are green hills and beautiful meadows. People throw big parties with all the food and drink you could possibly consume. But this perfect society in the green hills has a dirty secret too. There is a small child about the age of 12 kept in a closet, and that child must bear all the pain for

Driving to Long Prairie, on the right side of the road, up a hill with a long, paved driveway will be a house to the left. This house is two-stories with a basement. The first time I saw it, the house had a worn out, light tan vinyl siding with faded, dark red shutters from years of Minnesota weather. At the end of the driveway was a garage that resembled the houses color. To the right of the driveway was a large stone wall that was overrun with wild grape vines. In the middle of the wall was a stairway

wearing wrinkled clothes and half shut eyes ironically revived the empty ranch and brought life back into each and every crevice. The rusty gates creaked as they swung open, revealing the world of tall grass and herds of cattle hidden deep in the hills of Nevada. Two cars, filled to capacity, rolled up the dusty, dirt road leaving behind all sense of civilization. They arrived at night. Thousands of white lights illuminated the sky normally blanketed by the bright streets back home. The air smelled

I awoke from my trance in a place that could not have been my beautiful kingdom. I was in a room that was shaped like a leaf; stalagmites and stalactites lined the ceiling and floor, a large, leaf-shaped stone lay in the center of the room, and a plate with a speck of a meal sat atop it. Suddenly, a loud crash sounded from outside the room, and a woman, dressed in sumptuous purple and black, strolled into the room, joined by a cowering male figure. “Who- who- who are you?” I managed to stutter

face to slam into it (8-9). This describes another level of emotion, as well. We have progressed from being afraid of the dark to being scared for our life. The specific threats have been identified and we are under attack.          Lines ten through eighteen become globally symbolic of torture, while maintaining the chilling level of personal threat. The fuse box goes from a damning symbol of sin (the "slot machine" - gambling is a sin) (11) to a symbol of death (the switch

“Cousin Nancy” and “Morning at the Window” Poem Analysis and Exploration Cousin Nancy By T. S. Eliot Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them — The barren New England hills — Riding to hounds Over the cow-pasture. Miss Nancy Ellicott smoked And danced all the modern dances; And her aunts were not quite sure how they felt about it, But they knew that it was modern. Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew

The forests of the Rumpi Hills also contain what is commonly referred to as the Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve or previously known as the Rumpi Hills Native Administration Forest Reserve created by Forestry Ordinance No 38 of 1937 and approved by Forestry Ordinance No 16756/79 of 2nd July, 1941 (SWPA, 2016). The North Boundary is the road from Lipenja Mukete through Ikoi and Dikome Ngolo to Madie; the South Boundary goes through Nalende, Monyange, Itoki and Ilor to Moko. Whereas the East Boundary, goes

Surry Hills makes it possible to achieve sustainability in public buildings. As Lord Mayor Clover Moore Mp mentioned: “This building could be a starting point for the development of a great rating system for public building” (Lord, 2013). Many splendid sustainable technologies have been used in this building. In order to save energy, a computerized building management, and control system (called BMS) is used to control the internal environment of the building. Large louver façade which can be seen