NonFiction – Year VII – Number 52 – December 2021

Cheating on an exam is more of a strike against self-respect than failing it by honest effort. Most college or university students who cheat resent cheating, as if someone or something pressured them into...

Temperature Fluctuations Prologemena My father touched me after he died.  I was writing at  night under a single lamp and I felt a tap on my shoulder.  Or—one can never be certain in these matters--he passed...

BOBBY CRAWFORD -- Eigth Grade – St. Mary’s School – 1962-63 – Sister Patricia Elizabeth             I know I’ve mentioned this to you before, but I think before I get into any details about this...

A rice noodle story (and other encounters) My mother recently recounted a story to me about the passing of her grandfather. I then realized how grief can be such a beautiful yet wicked thing. My mother...