Category: Featured Writing

  My Polish grandma had strong hands, and they were red and rough from a life of hard work. When I was a young girl, I was awestruck as I … Continue reading Her Hands in the Dough by Karen Bjornland

Winter time, specifically snowy days, on the farm when I was a boy, were special days – especially when I was at my grandparents. Snowy days meant you could not … Continue reading Special Winter Time by Duane L. Herrmann

Louise wrote this poem in our 8-week writing workshop at Lake Forest Senior Living Community in Plattsburgh, NY (Nov - Dec, 2022). I Remember by Louise Patinelli I remember when … Continue reading I Remember by Louise Patinelli

My daughter is 8-years-old on this Christmas vacation trip to visit my father in Colorado. We’ve been making this ski trip since she was 4. He’d moved there years before … Continue reading He Called Me Sis by Leslie Sittner

Metal teeth of crampon tips strapped to his hiking boot soles bit into the crystal twenty-foot long ice bridge. There was no way I was coming this far and not … Continue reading Calving Glacier by Margot McMahon

In the northern hemisphere, a series of special events come at the end of winter and the beginning of spring for members of the Bahá'í Faith.  The first in this … Continue reading Electrical Decorations by Duane L. Herrmann

After several years of silence that started long before covid, I received an email from my only friend from our grade school years: “I tried to get hold of you … Continue reading To a Long Lost Friend by Duane L. Herrmann

I remember that winter night, as the snow fell and the wind blew, I read my first book. I was six, sitting on the couch next to my mother, who … Continue reading Words – Reading and Writing Changes a Life by Michelle Beagle