Category: Featured Writing

This writing prompt reminds me of a short fiction piece I wrote for a class this May titled, “An open letter to the Green Bay Area Public School Board, the … Continue reading Untitled by Mary Schreiner

Charlotte's Web, that children's story of friendship, respect and devotion, published in 1952 and a favorite of waves of generations of children since then, was banned in 2006 in a … Continue reading Charlotte’s Web: BANNED by Duane L Herrmann

Computer nerdstasked with creatinga new systemfor car tags –transition fromonly numerals tonumbers andthree letters,but which three –or not to be?Not: S.E.X.,F.U.K., nor even F.U.C.Certainly not: T.I.T.,D.I.K. or even D.I.C. –What … Continue reading CURIOUS TASK by Duane L Herrmann

I'd never before in my life seen so many people my size! The room was full of them! I don't remember much about how that day began. How did I … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME SCHOOL by Duane L. Herrmann

Kindergarten was a half day back then.  I was assigned to the afternoon class since I lived close enough to school that I could walk there.  However, shortly before I … Continue reading September, 1954, Kindergarten by June Hannay Kosier

A few weeks ago, I set off early morning to hike Cascade. It was midweek early morning, which as it turned out, gave me the hike almost entirely to myself. … Continue reading Climbing out of My Head by Charlotte Newbury

My outdoor experiences mostly involve work on the farm, when I was a child and an adult. I was put on a tractor to begin farming when I was 13. … Continue reading FIRST TRIP ADVENTURE by Duane L. Herrmann

There lurks among the Inactive MinesThe frightful beastly HidebehindA grotesquery large as a bear.And Melanie Noon did venture there. Up and upon steep Fleming MountainWhere shoveled rubble has long lain,Where … Continue reading MELANIE NOON ON FLEMING MOUNTAIN by Edward Pontacoloni