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Two Old Women: Book Review

One day, I was browsing the bookshelves of my local library looking for something interesting to read. There’s one particular shelf in an adult section of the library that I like to browse all the time, and it’s one that has books of myth, folklore, and fairytales . I eventually found a book that I had never heard of or read before; Two Old Women . Two Old Women is a book written by Velma Wallis . It is an Alaskan legend of the Gwich’in people that Wallis’s mother told her after they had finished collecting firewood (p. xi). According to Wallis, her mother had told her this story because of an earlier conversation they had while collecting firewood (p. X.) Wallis was amazed by the fact that her mother still collected her own firewood despite being in her early fifties, and despite the work being physically difficult for her (p. xii) According to Wallis, the elders amongst her people would work until they couldn’t move or until they died (p. xii). After talking about these things, her ...

Linc

My family and I went to the new trail in Linc, Newnan Georgia. It was very peaceful and beautiful there. I enjoyed the walk. Before we did the trail, I found a beautifully painted rock by a sign. I decided to keep it. At the end of the trail, my youngest brother found another rock that was painted to look like a smiling candy corn. Whoever painted those rocks did an amazing job on them. 

The rock I found. I love the colors.


This reminds me of the Eye of Sauron


The rock my little brother found.


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