The fresh aroma of Mama's homemade biscuits causes us to leap up from our beds and race down the dark hardwood stairs that creak with each step we take. ... There we would use lye soap and a rubbing board to get the clothes clean before hanging them out to dry in the fresh breeze. ... We also picked the fresh vegetables from the lavish backyard garden. ... Each of us would take turns gathering water from the deep well in the front yard. ... There was nothing better on a scorching, hot day than having the thirst-quenching, cold well water travel down your throat and settle in your belly...

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I turn the shower on as slow weak blast of water spurt out of the showerhead. ... As the water hits me I curse at my sister for using all the hot water a few hours before. ... On the way down I stopped at the fresh water spring. I took a slow scoop of the arctic chilled water. I can feel the water slide down my throat I feel almost rejuvenated, refreshed. ...

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Getting up in the morning and walking to the lake, I can smell the fresh dew on the grass. ... When I look to my left, I see a dock that belongs to the neighbors, and I also see their kids playing in the cool water. ...

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I think that was why the water was so clear. ... All of this went great together and really made me enjoy the fresh food that was presented to me. ... The water, as I mentioned earlier, was so clear, that it was not that hard to see way far down. ... The water was cold down there at first, but the longer we stayed the more you got used to the water because our minds were so focused on the bottom of the sea. ...

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At the left end stood a reservoir filled with water from the cistern. This reservoir held warm water for simple meals that my grandmother cooked. ... Homemade chili, freshly baked bread, pecan pie, homemade pound cake, and fresh brewed tea were fragrances I enjoyed daily. ...

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"Rachel smelled like water. ... Wherever my aunt walked, there was the scent of fresh water. ... She is told that when she grows older, she will live near the water, a foreshadowing of Dinah later life dwelling in Egypt, the land of the Nile River. ...

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Family Planning The issue of family planning is closely linked to what is called " Population Explosion". For sometime population growth was relatively slow; the number of dying was about the same as the number of people who were born. To look at it in another way, the number of p...

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The flowers were so colourful reds, blues, yellows, purples, oranges all buzzing with insect life drawn there by the sweet, fresh smell. ... I liked most of the statues apart from one of a Zimbabwean water god which was half fish and half snake. ...

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My mom's tired eyes reddened and watered with tears. ... The smell was clean and fresh, the grass nice and green and there was lots of it, I couldn't even compare it to the fast paced life in Fairfax. ...

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Unlike many other religions, Catholics receive communion every week, bless themselves with holy water and before and after they pray, kneel while praying, have confession, and sometimes pray to the Virgin Mary or a particular saint. ... Finally, the conclusion of the meal is the "dolci" better known as dessert, which can consist of fresh fruit, torte (cakes), gelato (ice cream), crostate (tarts), and/or piccola pasticceria (pastries). ...

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The American West has been a place that people envisioned as somewhere personal destiny could be fulfilled and diligence rewarded. Visions of freedom, wide-open spaces, uncompromised opportunity, and success became the mythic representation of the American West to many people outside of the region....

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