CHINA 1990: THE SOUL OF AN ENTREPRENEUR by Michael Serwetz
China 1990: The Soul of an Entrepreneur
(Author’s Note: When the future seems uncertain, our natural tendency is to think about the past. For me, the past is a...
KNEADING OUR WAY HOME by Kris Haines-Sharp
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light...
ISOLATION by Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
Isolation
Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
At 10:00 a.m., the tiny Alaskan village still sleeps in this unrelenting daylight. Not one walker crosses my path on my trek...
THIS WINTER by Bridget Kiley
THIS WINTER
This winter, in collaboration with Covid-19
Bridget Kiley
I never wore socks before quarantine, but now I seem to always be...
THE FADE by Mary Casey Stark
The Fade
By Mary Casey-Sturk
Five people living in a one-bedroom house was not unusual in my neighborhood. I suppose you could call it a neighborhood,...
DISCOVERING by Alexis Garcia
Discovering
“I want you to read something and see if anything resonates with you,” my therapist told me, handing me a booklet.
My eyes focused...
A BIG WIND KNOCKED IT OVER by Bethany Reid
A Big Wind Knocked It Over
by Bethany Reid
Westron wynde, when wilt thou blow,The small raine down can raine.Cryst, if my love were in my...
FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE by Christine Kiefer
For the Land of the Free
I am wrapped up in a map of the United States of America.
I fall asleep at night picturing...
THE SOWBELLY TRIO by James Hanna
My wife, Mary, and I sit on the front porch of our Florida home. Mary is feeling nostalgic, so she asks me a syrupy question. I never feel very comfortable when Mary...
CONCESSIONS FOR CASH by LeeAnn Weaver
I got the key out of the lockbox and swung the front door open. The wide, winding staircase and empty hall greeted me as it did every Sunday. I put down my...