Krista Ramsey wrote a blog called Still reflecting on act of vandalism on Opening Day. This was about Krista being at the parade and not being able to see over the crowed. She looks back to see a son and a parent standing on top of plants. They did this to get a better view but at the cost of killing the plants. Her lesson was that together society is pretty but if you choose to vandalism thing your society will look bad. They where destroying someone else plants for there own amusement and disregarding that they where costing the local business money.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/04/12/krista-ramsey-vandalism/7659161/
The line that was best written and had the most impact on the reader was "At the end of the day, you – me, all of us – might do well to pause a minute and consider the view of the world we claim for ourselves and, in getting it, the view of ourselves we leave behind." She used dashes to add more emphasis on that everyone leaves a mark on society and the world. You deiced how others view you as a person and as a community member. Everyone has an impact on the world, you decided weather or not it will be a good impact or not. The world does not belong to any one person it belongs to everyone. All people must contribute in a good way to make the world a better place. Standing on the flower was a bad impact on society. How she reversed the words view to give it too separate meanings was clever. The first on how you view the world has to do with arrogance. How the world views you is how other people see you and judge you.  

In all of Krista Ramsey articles she used a very conversational style of writing. this makes her writing very easy to read and to understand. She tells true story that can be easily related to. Stuff we can imagine our self doing in real life. Her writing always has a message. 
Question number one: Why do you love the earth so much?
Question number two: where do you get your ideas?
Question number three: Where did you grow up?

Think of coffie and how important it is to life and what u would do with out it. When the little things go away people change and can become mad. Do to the setting and being during a war Ellen is haveing really bad headache because coffie supplies where running out. The country is devoting everything to the war so stuff like coffie gets left out. Ellen head was really starting to hurt and she send Jethro to go get some.

Jethro gets sent to the town and get stoped by a family friend that asks for a few things and ask about the war. It was fifteen miles from the house to the town. Jethro gets the stuff in town as he walks around he sees rich and poor. He see people around a fire that are poor and look horrible. He thinks to himself that he does have it better then most people but can improve.

Around this time period there is a war going on. But it is the country vs them self's they are killing and hurting themselves. For the citizens they dont know what side to pick or be on it is completely out of control. Especially for this family from Southerner Illinois. It is summer time and it will be distractful for most to keep there mide off the war going on in there own back yard. Right around this time the battle of Bull Run is under way. " And everyone realizes this will be a longer, harder battle than they thought."

There have benn news of the nort looseing a battle in Missouri. A Union commander and many soldiers from Illinois died there. Not only does this mother have a lot of kids and a farm to look out for there are many of here friends dieing. many people from the state dieing. This was not a good time for the North.

Picture a mom in a store with no free hands, one hand on the cart, child, items while telling her kids to stop running around. In the book Across Five Aprils a mom of twelve children. Her name is Ellen Creighton. Ellen works on a farm, her nine year old son Jethro helps her plant potato's for the summer. A sad part of this family is that four of the twelve children have died. She is tire every day she goes to Jethro when she needs help for something, she can always rely on her son Jethro. Jethro has had three siblings that have died from a desise. Jethro was lucky enought not to get it. The desises is called children Paralyisis.

His mom belives that jethro is a one of a kind child one sent from heaven to help her on the farm and day to day. They live in a bad area of war and fighting. the area is split up into two halves the North and the South. This story takes place during the american revolution. There was talk about Abraham lincons election of free states and slave states. A rebellion was on hands and a war was going to start.

I have begone reading the book The Alchemist it is about the legend of Narcissus. Narcissus sits by the lake in this legend he falls in to the lake and never surfaced again. The god of the forest came and turned the lake that Narcissus died into a lake of salty tears. the god was wondering why the lake choose him and the lake replied that is was interested in Narcissus eyes when they looked down at the river. The god feels very upset and betraied that the lake took Narcissus.

The down side to this book so far is that it is in third person. I don't normally read books that are in third person I mostly like first person books. Also, the whole back story with the legend and all can be very confusing at first but once you understand it the book becomes way clearer. You might half to look up what the back story is to get a better understanding of the book.

After reading chapter one I just could not put the book down. Chapter one of Education of little tree was about Little Tree moving in with his grandparents. In the second chapter Little tree and his grandpa went hunting. They set up a turkey trap, that covered a hole with a few branches and leaves. Little tree and his grandpa use this hurting time to grow closer together. Little Tree needs new guidance and love back in his life after loosing his mom and dad.  The following day, there were some quails in the tree and a Hawk was looking for some food.


 Little Tree saw the hawk kill an animal and he was sad. He was wondering why the hawk killed it, why did it eat is. Little Tree's grandpa said, “Don’t feel sad Little Tree. This is the way of life. Grandpa explains to Little tree that the slow did and the slow don't reproduce. That the hawk only takes what it needs no more no less. They went back to the Turkey trap and there where six Turkeys in the hole. But they only need there. Little Tree got to pick which three they would take. Little Tree chose the three weakest. Little Tree had chosen right.

Finally the NFL is about to get their fist openly gay player. This year Michael Sam from Missouri is going into the NFL draft. He is defenses end but can play line backer. As of right now his draft stock is really good. The NFL team Washington Redskins had the first African American QB. They take pride in beeing the first team. Just like how I take pride in my grades! What ever team drafts him will take pride in having a good player but most of all having the first openly gay player.
Being gay does and never did mean you could not play in the NFL. It was just looked at differently and look down upon because of the locker room situation. This is a big step for the NFL. Michael Sam is a role model for gay kids every where.