Shannon Costello

During the past seven days, I have been to the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, and Harper’s Ferry.
Monet is still number one on my list of favorite painters, but I really enjoyed the Gilbert Stuart exhibit. My favorite moment was standing in a room trying to find as many differences [...]

No, of course I’m not talking about bad words!
I mean words like “asked.” I find that my pronunciation either rhymes with “mast” or “passed” (Isn’t there slight difference between those two?). An alternative pronunciation sounds like “axed”.
Maybe I should pronounce it using two syllables. ask-ed.

It is my turn to announce that I will be away for a week or so. I will be accompanying the youth of our church to camp, where I will engage in various activities including, but not limited to, pillow fights, vain attempts to convince high school girls that their areas should be kept [...]

James Fenimore Cooper was definitely a nationalist. In “Mercedes of Castille” he reaches back as far as he possibly can in America’s history, that is, from a European perspective.
Set in 1492, this story follows Columbus through the eyes and actions of historically unimportant characters Mercedes and Don Luis. Through them Cooper is able [...]

I spent approximately 90 minutes running 8 miles this morning. It was warm and humid, and I found myself high-fiving leafy branches. The resulting droplets of water felt good on my face.
Somewhere around mile five I realized that the faint jangling sound behind me was not my keys after all. There [...]