DEAR CHEATER, TELL ME WHY by Ben D’Andrea
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...
BOBBY CRAWFORD by John L. Stanizzi
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...
THE DINNER TABLE by Frances Guerin
The Dinner Table
By
Frances Guerin
Dinner at 29 Alpha Road was a formal occasion. My family sat around an antique oak table...
WHERE IS THE LOVE by Renata Hinrichs
Where is the love?
“This time of year makes me feel sentimental.” Dad said.
“How do you mean?” I ask.
“Remember, in Chicago,...
EATING SALAD WITH A SPOON by Marisa Mangani
Eating Salad with a Spoon
You’re a gorgeous bride at forty-six. Your third marriage, the one you never thought you’d never do, suits you. And your husband-to-be, ten years...
STRUGGLE FOR SOME, VACATION FOR OTHERS, Book Review by Joy Drees
Struggle for Some, Vacation for Others
Taylor García’s Slip Soul is not afraid to find human goodness amid hardship
Living in San Diego can be what...
THEY ONLY SEE US WHILE WE WEAR THE MASK by Deborah-Zenha Adams
They Only See Us While We Wear the Mask
I meet my friends Julie and Paul in the parking lot of a restaurant at the I-40 exit. They’re returning...
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...
