A Sentimental Imagination

ReadOasis Step 3 I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens [...]

A Force for Good in Music

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) U2 in Concert It was a cool winter night in January 2002 in New York. The [...]

JK Rowling and Harry Potter (Step 2)

ReadOasis Step 2 After finishing university in 1983, JK Rowling was living in London. She worked for the human rights [...]

Drifting Cowboy: Hank Williams (Step 3)

By Maria SonoraReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) By MGM Records via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Hank would never make it to [...]

Awarding Excellence: The Pulitzer Prize

ReadOasis Step 3 The Color Purple The Pulitzer Prize The Color Purple is a book about a black woman named [...]

Paul Desmond and Take Five

ReadOasis Step 3By Maria Sonora “I would also like to thank my father, who discouraged me from playing the violin.” [...]

Serious About Humor (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) It's early in the morning. A funny looking man is getting ready for work. He casually [...]

Victor Frankenstein: A Mad Scientist

ReadOasis Step 4 Man, how ignorant you are in your pride of wisdom! - Victor Frankenstein As a young man, Victor [...]

On the Road Again (Step 1)

ReadOasis Step 1 Little Willie was born into hard times. On October 29, 1929, the American economy went bad. It [...]

The King of the Blues

ReadOasis Step 4 B. B. King Lucille B.B. King was a great master of blues guitar. Though he passed away [...]