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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 ...

New Year’s Resolutions


“I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution,” Jason said.

Sarah dumped protein powder into her milk. “Which is…?”

“Nothing. What’s your New Year’s resolution?”

“To take over the world.”

Jason winced. “You need a more realistic goal.”

Sarah chugged down her protein shake. “Like yours?”

“Kinda. Instead of the world, take over the city. Start small.”

“Why start small when I can start big?”

“Wait, you’re growing?!” Jason looked at the protein’s ingredients. “What’s in this stuff?!”

“Years of research. Now, if you’ll excuse me–” Sarah burst through the roof. “I must say Happy New Year to the United Nations.”

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