Truly by Ruthie Knox5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() “How would riding with another person prevent that?” But you could get hit by a car and bleed to death by the side of the road.” “Taryn, I’m thirty-five, single, tattooed, and antisocial. You’ll end up being slaughtered by a serial killer.” You can’t ride your bicycle across the country alone. He reminds his sister that he is the serial killer on the road, not the target of one. (Say the term as a curse word to get a real sense of how Tom feels). The real Tom wants nothing to do with another a person and he certainly doesn’t need a riding buddy. Only Tom was actually Tom’s sister, the only member of his family that still spoke to him, pretending to be Tom. The two agree to meet in Astoria Oregon to start the trip. ![]() After being turned down repeatedly after finding the respondents discover she is female, Lexie strikes up an email conversation with Tom Geiger using the handle “Alex”. Using Craigslist, Lexie looks for a riding partner. This was the year she would ride with her brother until he had to drop out. Lexie Marshall has planned on riding the TransAmerica bike ride for years. ![]() The only downside was that Tom, in particular, came off as contrived in certain places. It was a well paced, contemporary featuring a non clingy heroine and a caretaker hero set on a bike ride across America. ![]() I received a number of recommendations for this story and the recommenders were correct. Jane B- Reviews Loveswept / opposites attract / Random-House / road-romance / sports romance 14 Comments ![]()
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Breaking The Rules by Ruth Wind5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will make sure the UK is the country where the next great scientific discoveries are made – and where the brightest minds and the most ambitious entrepreneurs will turn those ideas into companies, products, and services that can change the world. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will focus on giving the UK cheaper, cleaner, more secure sources of energy – cutting bills, cutting emissions, and cutting our dependence on international energy supplies, like those of Putin’s Russia. To deliver our promises and build a better future, we are making four major changes today. ![]() ![]() ![]() And we cannot do that – we cannot deliver the people’s priorities – without changing the way our system works. I began this year by promising the British people I was going to change the way this country works. The people’s priorities are the Government’s priorities. ![]() Prose edda5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() In 1218 he was invited to Norway by King Haakon IV. During 1215––32 he was “lawspeaker,” or president, of the Icelandic high court. In 1206 he settled at Reykjaholt, where most of his works were written between 12. ![]() In 1199 Snorri married an heiress and began to acquire lands and power. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. ![]() The importance of being earnest script5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() This recontextualisation pushes the play forward in time around 30 years from the 1890s to the 1920s. In this Wildean spin on the mistaken identity trope, good honest Jack Worthing (country esquire), played by Lyle Fulton, morphs into his hedonistic brother Ernest, in order to gallivant around London. When love arrives on the scene, the pretence is stretched to the limit with hilarious consequences. In the amphitheatre of The Roman Theatre of Verulamium, St Albans, in what felt like a hurricane of flying ants, The Maltings Theatre attempts this most tricksy work. His play The Importance of Being Earnest is likewise a tale of duplicity, and a difficult one to get right. Oscar Wilde rightfully seizes the name of wit. His work is infused with the dark contradictions of the Victorian era, as a writer forced to hide a large part of himself. The production races around with frantic energy, humorously ‘Putting on the Ritz’, but in the process losing some shades of meaning. ![]() This tale of deception in the upper classes is given a roaring 1920’s overhaul. ![]() |