by Evelyn Block Wisdom and maturity are not the way I want to go with this. I want to whine and complain and I want it fixed. Yes. I guess in a sense it can be fixed, but it’s sort of like putting a band-aid on a bullet hole. The truth gets out. You can [...]
Shadows
by Rich Lessing There is a place, a very cold and stark place, where shadows cut like knives across the airless landscape. This edge is defined by its abruptness, in light and heat. Above, the sun stares down with a clarity that stuns the mind. One cannot look into that with eyes unprotected. Nor can [...]
Home
by Kristi Curtis They say that home is were the heart is. But what if that just so happens to be in more than one locale. It was certainly one of the more difficult decisions I have had to make. I left the man I love in one state to move to another. I moved [...]
Constantly Redefining
by Milo Duke To the old: I don’t want to live until my life could be read through petrified rings to be told (to my shame) to optimism’s children— pale green bendables, still blown over and breathing by and with a world’s exhalation, waiting to see if they’ll be mistaken for stranglers while they themselves [...]
Summer and the Other Season
by Annette LaSelle This morning, as I one more time pulled on my tank top and shorts to go walking, I couldn’t stop sighing while I petted my brand-new-fresh-out–of-the-box hoodie. It is autumn. I know that because people all around me are carving pumpkins, and leaves are piling up hither and yon, and we are [...]
Evolution Revolution
by Deborah Webb Language appeared A phrase is developed The concept is recognized Idea applies to Virgil’s salad ingredients Next it becomes the motto of a country This nation becomes strong and diverse The Evolution ends. The many become only ONE nation under one god Expansion to other nations/peoples/species – halts. Wars and intolerance continues [...]
The In-laws Visit
By Lauri Langton I was a relatively new bride when my in-laws decided to visit. My husband and I had moved to another state and his parents were curious about our new home. So a trip was planned. Since I dislike airport runs my husband retrieved his parents and they arrived at our new home [...]
My In-law
“CRASH!” The ceramic platter slips from my hand and breaks into shards on the kitchen floor. The faces of my husband and sister search mine. Behind them, he studies me, a ghost of a smile playing at his lips. “Goodness.” There is a hint of hysteria in my voice. “I’m clumsy today.” I tilt my [...]
Relatives By Marriage
By Sage I’ve heard the agonizing stories heartbreaking quarrels nightmares even which left me apprehensive about you life is too short to hate so I would have taken the high road and loved you regardless but to my surprise…contentment our relationship is sane and strife-free fast friends more sisters additional set of shoulders to cry [...]
