Summer night

Mountain air, lush green hills and beautiful period architectural buildings Shimla can indeed lay claim to being the most popular and beautiful hill station in the country. Spread over a range of seven hills in the Himalayan range, Shimla served as the summer capital of the erstwhile British Empire. The legacy of that time is still visible in the Raj era architectural

During the summer break of 2013 I was an eager soon to be a sophomore. Even with summer break, I faced a stressful combination of summer school, Crew soccer club practice, and homework. To cope with them, I unknowingly turned to unhealthy eating and sleep deprivation. As you can imagine my summer did not go the way I expected it to. I finished summer school in the middle of July when I woke up with a sudden, harsh, and excruciating pain in my lower abdomen. I couldn’t bare to even get up from bed

light sky as wispy clouds float out of sight. A gentle wind leaves a chill in the August air. Crickets chirp as the day transitions into night. Campers start to trickle into the candle lit chapel, arms crossed, voices silenced. The angled ceilings and open walls allow for a fully immersive experience. I don’t consider myself a religious person, but experiencing a night on Onaway is truly an otherworldly experience. I walk into the chapel and make a beeline for the benches on the far left of the chapel

feelings of agony and disbelief raced through my mind. I sat frozen, intensely gripping the steering wheel, convincing myself that it wasn’t real. The end of summer air was thick with heat and humidity. I was exercising on the elliptical when my phone buzzed. It was a text message from my friend Sophia, whom I hadn’t seen since the beginning of summer vacation. Her text message asked if we could meet up for lunch at Cava, both one of our favorite restaurants. I went onto the treadmill to conclude my workout

Year-Round Schools Think about what it is like to not have a summer. One could not do fun summer camps, go on once in a life time summer vacations, or get a fun summer job. If year-round schools were put into place everywhere, one would only have a thirty-day summer, or less, instead of a three- month summer. They would be hitting the books at school instead of lying out at the pool and relaxing from all the stress that year of school brought. Imagine never truly getting a break from school, to

road, over 8500 feet above sea level, and I am hearing sounds of nature that I have never yet experienced. Before reaching the summit we set up camp. We brought almost nothing, not even tents, and we are learning to build a lean-to shelter for the night. The adults check the construction of our lean-to's before we start a campfire. Our camp was set up and we sat down for smores and dinner. Finally I climb into my sleeping bag, feeling proud for the shelter I created with limbs, leaves, and only a

the best teachers, and our own graduation ceremony. This was the topic that all my friends were talking about in the Cheshire Elementary school. I looked down in my planner, grabbed my bright pink highlighter, and crossed out just another day until summer. Then flipped through the pages of the calendar, and counted, less then one month until my favorite time of the year! When I got off the bus, I noticed my dad’s car in the driveway, again. He had been working from home for the past couple of days

His eyes darted around the circle. There were twelve objects surrounding him. Without even realizing it, he was about to make the most important decision of his life. This was probably the most bizarre collection of items anyone will ever see. A book, a chicken leg, a ruler and a lipstick would have no business being together in any other circumstances. After a few more minutes, he crawled toward the seal. The man and the woman standing around the circle tensed in anticipation. At the last moment

occurred at night when we would catch lightening bugs and put them in an old mayo jar with tiny holes poked in the lid. When we finally caught enough for the task at hand, we would fight over who would be the one to wear the puppet. Then the bugs would be carefully transferred from the jar to the puppet’s mouth and skillfully squished all at once. We would all laugh in delight to see the glow of Kermit’s mouth as he danced up and down on the chosen one’s hand. This game would occur every night in the

Summers out schools back in It’s nice to have a break from school; I feel it is a little reward from the hard work all year. From waking up early, staying up late finishing papers, and most importantly, from all the energy drinks and coffee you picked up on the way to class to stay awake. But you know what they say: “Nothing good ever comes easy.” I’m anxious to graduate. I’m currently in school for business and marketing. I went for this because well I feel you can’t go wrong there. I got out