Category: Featured Writing

If it were up to me every person would be taught that this life is a preparatory stage for our real life after death. Just as a fetus in the womb develops the physical characteristics for this physical world, in this physical world we develop the spiritual attributes necessary to function in the next, totally … Continue reading Every Person Would be Taught by Duane L. Herrmann

I can’t remember my password,or even ever my user Id.My circumstances are awkward.Google doesn't remember me,and I can't recall myself. All around are remnants of my past.But, I don't know where I began,or the places I went to last.Like two phrases without an ampersand,I live my life disjunctive. My memory once was like a book,and … Continue reading The Thief Amnesia by Edward Pontacoloni

My grandsons and I are hiking around in hot July woods with the dog when, “Boys, maybe we’ll see this unusual wild creature I’ve seen here twice before.”“What does it look like, Gramma?”“Yeah, what’s it called?”“Well, it’s the size of a red fox but all black, lean, with a very long black bushy tail―like a … Continue reading Chronic Small Vessel Brain Disease and the Fisher by Leslie Sittner

I was fine until that virtual wine tasting. The host suggested we all put together a tray of plain, unseasoned crackers, some type of charcuterie, several imported cheeses and baked Cheetos. I thought Cheetos seemed an odd addition to a cheese platter, but I was delighted. To be honest, Cheetos used to be my favorite … Continue reading Cheetos, the Pig and I by Linda Freedland

Reaching for a bag of Lay’s potato chips, I see another hand reaching for the same bag. I look at the person attached to the hand.“Oh, my God! June, is that you? I thought you died in a car crash.” I almost wet my pants.“May, I am here and I am alive.”“But I went to … Continue reading If Dreams Could Come True by June Hannay Kosier

I was in the store getting a few things. I reached up to grab a bag of chips and, out of the corner of my eye, saw another hand reaching for the same bag. Just as I was about to touch the bag, that hand reached and stopt mine. Startled, I looked up then, and … Continue reading Encouraging Words by Duane L. Herrmann

The small plane hovered on the horizon, mostly obscured by the trees in the full fall foliage. The plane was festooned with yellow, gold, and green paint, a sort of camouflage intended to allow it to drop unseen into rural areas. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it had been making several trips daily to … Continue reading The Reflection by Kathy Barlow

It was quite unexpected, and yet my sister and I have talked about this moment when I was in my twenties. Why I would be shocked in this moment truth, has no rational explanation, it only was unexpected at this time of my life. I’m retiring and have traveled around the world, and moved so … Continue reading An ordinary life: Meeting Up With Myself by Eilene Susan Wenner