Author: Adirondack Center for Writing

Not with fists, or screaming, or some movie-scene revenge where everyone claps at the end. She did it on a Tuesday morning with swollen eyes and coffee gone cold beside … Continue reading She kicked ass the quiet way by Anna Edinger-Revette 

I live where people come to vacation. I ask myself, quite reasonably, why I need to go anywhere. The quiet woods and the ever-present mountains encourage stillness. And yet, I … Continue reading The Perfect Vacation by Susan Whiteman

I have a vision of what my life can be, If I follow my heart and believe in me. Make  a list in a bucket and tally my wins. I … Continue reading A NEW CHAPTER by Lourdes Santiago

A short time later something impossible happened, I donated blood. I always thought it was a good thing for people to do that. I'd had so many bad experiences just … Continue reading My First Donation by Glenn Linsenbardt

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I know spring is here when it's warm enough when Spring Peepers chirp  the whole night long. When air warms they sing briefly but then retreat to burrows, holes. Spring … Continue reading SPRING PEEPING by Duane L Herrmann

In the Spring of 1971, I started thinking about where I should go to work upon graduation from the Nursing Department at Russell Sage College. I was doing a mental … Continue reading My First Job by June Kosier