I couldn’t wait to get to work last Wednesday and tell the lads the news. Put my lunch box in the locker and sat there till they all arrived and … Continue reading Shop Talk by Paul Lamar
DNA Testing by Ruth Ann Dandrea
What did you think, yousilly girl? If you broke itto its smallest bit you’dunderstand the whole?That in unwinding somefusilli of a molecule you’dfind an Italian grandmothercasting spells with a bowlof … Continue reading DNA Testing by Ruth Ann Dandrea
DNA Testing by Pat Steadman
In the year of 2017 my deceased father would have been 100 years old. He was an abandoned baby found by a policeman who brought him to the New York … Continue reading DNA Testing by Pat Steadman
DNA Testing by Kernan Davis
I used to wonder, who am I? My father’s siblings told me, “Ma and Pa came here in the 1880s. We still talk Deutsch at home, but we are Americans.” … Continue reading DNA Testing by Kernan Davis
DNA: Do Not Assume by Susan Whiteman
My late paternal uncle spent most of his life exploring our Swedish ancestry. Only that —just the Swedes, as he had, I presume, a buried (or not so buried) prejudice … Continue reading DNA: Do Not Assume by Susan Whiteman
Try a little restraint by Karen Davidson Seward
Don’t reach for that third coconut cookie, fresh from the oven, with its hint of gold on the edges. My eyes grab on to it. Hesitate, girl. Give desire a … Continue reading Try a little restraint by Karen Davidson Seward
Telescoping by Ruth Ann Dandrea
Now…at my age…here…in this world…lifeturns to smaller things.A garden I can weedin one day. A housejust big enough for meand a guest or three. Ayard I can mow withouta motor. … Continue reading Telescoping by Ruth Ann Dandrea
Letter by Terry Rainey
Dear Son,I remember when I took your tiny finger and put it in my wedding band. Your first step. Your first bicycle ride, into the side of a car. I … Continue reading Letter by Terry Rainey
Little Black Fly by Edward Pontacoloni
Little black fly who made ya?DoYaNo who made ya?Who set you free mid-morningTo bite me without warning!Tiny, black and hard to see,Yet causing me such misery.Hiking or camping or in … Continue reading Little Black Fly by Edward Pontacoloni