A MOTHER’S SIGH By Susan Bloch
A MOTHER’S SIGHby Susan Bloch
In a Congolese village, it is dark. Smoke dribbles up and up, blemishing the light from the sickle moon. Thatched roofs have collapsed. Shrapnel...
NO DRUDGE, NO GRUDGE
NO DRUDGE, NO GRUDGEby Nancy Wick
I was thirty-nine and I was finally getting married. After years of entanglements with inappropriate men leading to heartbreak and disappointment, I had...
NAMES By Nancy Wick
NAMESby William Alton
My mom was a Neel of the Izard Neels. We were the people folks avoided in Izard’s one bar. We were the people folks whispered about...
A GRATITUDE PERSPECTIVE by Diana Raab
A GRATITUDE PERSPECTIVEby Diana Raab, PhD
When my kids were young, I was always reminding them that they needed to put their “problems” in the proper perspective. What was...
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FIFTY YEARS WITH CATS By Terry Sanville
FIFTY YEARS WITH CATSby Terry Sanville
No, not the musical – but actual four-legged felines, critters that own property around the world and allow some humans to act as...
CAMPING AS SOLACE byJosie Hughes
CAMPING AS SOLACEby Josie Hughes
1992Pregnant with my youngest son, between semesters working on a PhD in playwriting, I planned a trip with my husband and 3-year-old son to...
THE BREATH OF A TIRE by BellaBianca Lynn
THE BREATH OF A TIREby BellaBianca Lynn
Her round nose stands only about a foot or so away from the garage stairs. She seems to have had more addresses than I...
OUR WHOLE LIFE IS A SERIES OF SIGNS By Jake Morrill
OUR WHOLE LIFE IS A SERIES OF SIGNSby Jake Morrill I worked at a group home in Coralville, Iowa. It was for teens who could no longer live where they came from. From...
REVISITING THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS: MYSTICISM, LOVE, AND MAGICAL SURREALISM by Wally...
REVISITING THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS: MYSTICISM, LOVE, AND MAGICAL SURREALISM by Wally Swist
Although there are several competitive themes vying for the one central theme in The House of the...