Category: Featured Writing

I’ll not send you Best Wishes.  Though you are someone special in my heart.  Wishes as defined seem bold and hopeless  Hope as defined seems more likely to occur.  I’ll … Continue reading Not a wish for you by Frederick Schmitt

Those big brown eyes and the long, soft, dark brown hair!  You meet me at the door when I come home making me feel welcomed.  I must be a gourmet … Continue reading I Love You, Max by June Kosier

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