The Blessing Way (1970)

The Blessing Way (1970)

pharmacy

A retail location where medicines and drugs are prepared and dispensed by qualified pharmacists who have gone to school to specialize in drug therapy and the prescription of medication. Starting in the 18th century, the modern practice of pharmacy emerged as a result of the integration of the health and chemical sciences, as the scientific method overtook more traditional forms of health care, such as folk medicine, home remedies, and homeopathy.

phallic

A description generally used for tapered cylindrical objects that are thought to resemble a penis in shape.

petroleum

Petroleum occurs naturally near the earth's surface in liquid, gas, and solid forms. The word petroleum in Greek literally means rock oil. Petroluem is a naturally-occurring energy sources known as a fossil fuel, meaning it derives from previously living carbon-based organic lifeforms that have been transformed, via a variety of chemical processes over time, into carbon-based inorganic substances from which humans have learned to extract stored energy.

.22 rifle

A rifle popular due to its relatively low cost, minimal recoil, and low noise level. The .22 refers to the caliber, or internal diameter, of the barrel of the rifle, as well as the diameter of the cartridge, or projectile, fired by the rifle. In this case, the .22 rifle fires a cartridge that is twenty-two millimeters in diameter.

pickup truck

A vehicle with an enclosed cab and an open rear compartment for transporting cargo.

omniscience

A state of being where one has an infinite knowledge of the world and an understanding of everything.

Pennsylvania State University

Also known as Penn State. A state-supported four-year higher education institution located in the city of State College, Pennsylvania. The university was first chartered in 1855 as an agricultural high school and then, almost ten years later, as a land-grant college called the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. It was not until 1953 that the university was renamed Pennsylvania State University. Currently there are many branch campuses of the university in Erie, Harrisburg, Great Valley, and Hershey. The various university campuses offer two and four year undergraduate and upper level graduate degrees.

parapet

In architecture, a low, protective wall that encircles a roof, tower, or that runs along an entrenchment to offer concealment. Parapets are also found in natural environments, where erosion patterns contribute to the emergence of wall-like structures along ridgelines and at the edges of cliffs.

Page, Arizona

Originally, Page was a temporary housing site for the Glen Canyon Dam construction workers and their families and was called the Page Government Camp after the Bureau of Reclamation commissioner John C. Page. The housing camp was created in 1957 and included thousands of temporary homes constructed for the workers along the Colorado River. The land that the town stands on was originally a part of the Navajo Nation, but a deal was struck whereby a tract of land in Utah was exchanged for the area in and around Page.

It took seven years for Glen Canyon Dam to be completed, and during this time permanent homes, churches, and infrastructure were constructed in Page. By 1964 the town was a federal municipality, and in 1975 it became an incorporated town. When the dam was finished, water was captured on the north side of the dam, creating Lake Powell Reservoir. The reservoir is named for John Wesley Powell, a Civil War veteran and explorer. Today, Page sits on the south shore of the Lake Powell and is a popular vacation spot.

outcrop

An exposed upthrust of rock that appears to break through the earth's surface. These rocky protrusions are produced in areas with extreme or persistent erosion, where soil and vegetation are removed, or never even get the chance to accumulate due to wind, water, waves, fire events, volcanic eruptions, mechanical disturbance, and even shifting tectonic plates. Rock outcrops are often found in mountainous areas or near canyons or ravines and can emerge as the result of the removal of large amounts of earth associated with mining or large scale construction activities.

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