Emily Parker
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bienvenue en acadie
"Bouilli Acadien! Chaudrée de palourdes! Fricots de Poulet!" French was never my best subject in school and I don't speak much of it now, but these are the familiar words that my French Acadian grandmother tosses around her kitchen. "Acadian Boil! Clam chowder! Chicken Fricot!" While the Acadian culture isn't widely known or celebrated, my grandmother manages to keep our Acadian heritage and the spirit of our ancestors alive in the dishes she creates. And I get to enjoy said dishes every time I visit her on Prince Edward Island!
By Emily Parker 5 years ago in Feast
Nova & the New World
“March 6th, 183 NWE”. I wrote the date at the top of my paper as I prepared to take notes in history class. Today we were learning more about the Old World. In the year 2063, a deadly virus wiped out most of the population. Those who survived congregated somewhere in North America (now known as New World) to start a new life. That’s how the NWE began - New World Era. When building the New World, the Survivors put into effect something called the Complete Equality Plan. This meant that from here on out, there would be no racism, no sexism, no wars, no social classes, etc. We’d all be equal. Today, this plan meant that we all received the same education in school, received the same salaries, regardless of jobs, lived in identical houses, and wore uniforms. However, there is one exception to this plan; The New Leaders. The New Leaders were a group of people who enforced the rules and made sure life ran smoothly here in the New World. I guess you could compare them to Old World governments. I was very fascinated by the Old World so I was latching on to every word my teacher was saying and furiously taking notes. I decided to take the long route home so that I could walk past the Relic Yard, a huge landfill on the outskirts of town that stored artifacts from the Old World. I was bound to see something cool!
By Emily Parker 5 years ago in Fiction
