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The Precipice
It was colder than I had expected. The wind was welcome, but became icy quite rapidly. The sweat that covered each layer of my clothing stuck to my glistening skin, growing colder with every gust of mountain breeze. There was no refuge from the sting. The irregular shapes of perspiration had formed a splotchy pattern on my zip-up hoodie. Darker patches of black grew steadily, staining my hoodie like lakes amidst an arid landscape. I opened my mouth to taste the air, but it punished me by taking my breath away. The blood inside my teeth sent shockwaves through my jaw, corroborating the obvious: fall was here. As my muscles began to relax, my pulse slowed. There was a different, louder crunch beneath my feet, as I made my way to the precipice. The trees were changing, and there were so many of them. They were different here. In time, we would see which ones were deciduous, and which ones will live forever. After all, time reveals everything.
By Solachi Voz7 years ago in Wander
Best Car Maintenance Apps. Top Story - September 2017.
Maintaining your car isn't easy, especially when you're in a busy, crazy world with an equally crazy work schedule. It only takes a little bit of time every month — or even every couple of months — to maintain your car with the right oil changes and tweaks.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Wheel
DIY Halloween Costumes Ideas for Women
Halloween costumes are sometimes tough to figure out. You know that sexy wolf costume that includes a mini fur skirt and fur leg warmers that you think you'd look really hot in? Easily $100 for no reason — and no one is willing to drop that much money for one party. But if you're the type to, go you. And what's up with last year's Halloween where nearly every girl dressed as Harley Quinn?
By Jacqueline Hanikeh7 years ago in Lifehack
Singing in the Dark
Stopping for groceries on the way home from work. What could be more picayune than this act of a tired commuter? Londoners from Ontario, Ohio, and the multicultural capital city of the UK all share this prosaic duty. None of us can escape this ritual of mundanity; this epitome of adulting. This, along with doing my laundry and the seemingly endless parade of dishes that need washing up, is one of those things that make me wonder why I put up with the expense and pressures of living in a global cultural powerhouse. Why bother, when instead of hobnobbing with the intellectual crowd at an unconference or consuming the city’s artistic treasures or enjoying the hedonistic offerings available, my life mainly consists of a routine that I could do in any London, rather than this specific London. How strange to think that this place I moved across an ocean to experience, that drew me in with its wonders and surprises and the staggering weight of its histories, could fade into a background canvas for a rote existence of going through the motions. It is amazing that this city could cease to astound through the relentless ebb and flow of the everyday.
By Caitlin McDonald7 years ago in Wander
How to Jump a Car Battery
Not everyone knows how to jump start their car battery. If you have zero clue on handling that situation, I'm with you there. Nothing is turning on — nothing. At first, you don't realize that your car battery is the problem. Then you flip open the hood of your car and you just stare at your car's organs like it's some sort of a medical procedure you're about to handle. Some of us don't even know where the car battery is. I've gone through this same incident.
By Jacqueline Hanikeh7 years ago in Wheel