When you’re in your twenties, you’re stupid. Really stupid. You think you’re smart, worldly, and know everything, but you know very little. I was in my early twenties when I was teaching in a rural school district not far from my hometown. I was living at home because my salary did not afford me the … Continue reading Conservatives and Cough Syrup by Linda Freedland
Look Before You Pee by Mary Perrin Scott
The challenge of riding 220 miles on the Erie Canal rose up in front of me. At 75 could I do it with grace? I thought, “If you never try, you will never know.” So off I went to Buffalo, New York. Bike on the back of the car, equipment in the trunk, the adventure … Continue reading Look Before You Pee by Mary Perrin Scott
Doughnut Day by June Hannay Kosier
“As you ramble on through life, Brother,Whatever be your goal.Keep your eye upon the doughnut.And not upon the hole.”Margaret Atwood Doughnut DayUntil recently, I thought Doughnut Day, celebrated on June 2nd, was just a good advertising gimmick for Dunkin Donuts. I was very wrong. Doughnut Day began in 1938. It honored the doughnut girls of … Continue reading Doughnut Day by June Hannay Kosier
Barefoot by Philip Snyder
Well beyond midlife, at this uncertain age of remembering, so much of my past arises unbidden. Boyhood summers barefoot, reconnecting me to the primal happy time of the early years living on the beach in Hawai’i. No shoes, just brown feet, and so coconut palms become the Tree of Paradise. Body memory, still there in … Continue reading Barefoot by Philip Snyder
My Left Hand by Linda Freedland
If anyone ever doubts the importance of hands, google "words that begin with 'hands.' Many of them are active words - as hands always seem to be working. All those words, like crafted, sewn, writing, shaking, springs, picked, painted, embroidered, and so on, are preceded by “hand.” And then there are those physical acts of … Continue reading My Left Hand by Linda Freedland
Honor My Appendages by Mary Perrin Scott
I have taken my hands and feet for granted.What would I do without their full capacity to function? One night, while sleeping in the guestroom,No, my husband and I did not have a fight.I knew I would snore.“Don’t wake him,” I told myself.“Sleep in the guestroom.” Getting up in the middle of the nightto relieve … Continue reading Honor My Appendages by Mary Perrin Scott
Finding My Hand by Pat Steadman
I found an old manila envelope, heavy and bursting at the seams during a recent rearranging of a closet. When I finally and carefully pulled the weighty object out of the envelope it was wrapped in a couple of soft paper towels for protection. Bless my Mother who never threw anything away and managed to … Continue reading Finding My Hand by Pat Steadman
Podiatry Appointment by June Kosier
I went to my podiatrist on Wednesday. What a coincidence that this week’s prompt is about feet! I have had three hammer toes for several years now. You can say I was not “on my toes” or very attentive about them. They don’t bother me except when I wear leather shoes but I mostly wear … Continue reading Podiatry Appointment by June Kosier
MY FEET HAVE TAKEN ME by Duane L. Herrmann
My feet have taken me to many amazing places. My very first journey began the summer I was two and a half when I was in the front yard of the house we had just moved to. Across the road was a gate to a pasture of my grandparent’s farm. Their house, nearly half a … Continue reading MY FEET HAVE TAKEN ME by Duane L. Herrmann
