Nonfiction
When I Saw Khana Kaaba
On a serene, moonlit night, I strolled along a road that had a deep meaning. This road held great significance, leading to the revered abode of Allah Almighty, situated nearby. I can’t forget that I landed there at 3:45 a.m. My heart was full of hopes and dreams on such a calm night.
By Ameer Bibi2 years ago in Chapters
Why do we love
Romantic love is beautiful, seductive, tragic, and soul-crushing, often all at once. Why subject ourselves to its emotional toll? Does love enrich our lives or do we use it to avoid loneliness and suffering? Is love a cover for sexual desire or a biological trick to procreate? Is it sufficient? Do we need it? No science or psychology has found the goal of passionate love. Over time, several of our most esteemed philosophers have proposed intriguing views. Love restores wholeness.
By Violet Muthoni2 years ago in Chapters
Beginning today 4/5/2024...I shall be highlighting works by exceptional Black authors on this platform. Chapter 1.
Winner of the True Colors Challenge 3 years ago. Karlton A. Armistad is Andrew Little. Here, pseudonyms abound. My life as a flow of colors - First place winner.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Chapters
Word Parts
Word Parts for learning medical terminology Chapter One Introduction In learning all the medical terminology that one needs to learn for the medical professions one must remember some very basic terms that we all learned in elementary school. These three basic terms are: prefix, suffix and root word. Many of these medical word parts must be memorized to a point and some usually do change over time.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Chapters
Transcendence of a Good Meal
I love food. I love eating. I love tasting new things, usually. I love the process of thinking about what to cook. I miss my taste buds. This is the worst part of chemo, I think. The exhaustion, I can take. The intermittent nausea, I can take. The headaches and body aches, like someone took a baseball bat to my torso, I can take. But not tasting food – is awful. I’ve had my third round of chemo and this has been the worst impact for me right now. I want to eat. I want to eat the house, actually. I’m hopped up on steroids, so having no taste buds is just cruel. I love whipping up something tasty. But now it’s starting to feel like work. No matter what I cook, it’s like eating the wall – flat and gray.
By Cathy Schieffelin2 years ago in Chapters
"Unveiling the End Times: A Closer Look at Four Prophetic Trends Shaping Our World". Content Warning.
As we traverse through the contemporary world, we are constantly witnessing the manifestation of prophecies from scriptures. With the year 2024 rapidly approaching, the significance of these prophecies becomes increasingly evident, as they intertwine with the fabric of our society. This narrative delves into four major trends that are shaping our world today, each of which seems to align with biblical prophecies.
By Dreamweaver2 years ago in Chapters
Edge computing is the feature: part 1
what is edge computing? Edge computing is an allotted computing model that brings calculation and data storehouse closer to the sources of data so that a stoner of a pall operation is likely to be physically near to a server than if all waiters were in one position. This is meant to make operations brisk. More enormously, it refers to any project that pushes calculation physically closer to a stoner, to reduce the quiescence assimilated to when an operation runs on a single data locus.
By Tech_Mentor2 years ago in Chapters
