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Category: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir

White Gold by David Wayne Stewart

May 26, 2022 admin

“Hello-o-o, Canada!” I cheered, grinning at my teenage son in the passenger seat. I glanced in the rear view mirror and watched the border checkpoint fade into the horizon behind us. We had officially left Maine and were entering the parish …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: David Wayne Stewart

I Was a Surgeon at Age 7 by C. Cimmone

May 4, 2022 admin

Every now and then, my father would cut and hammer, move the wrong way and wedge a splinter into his skin. He’d march into our tiny kitchen and announce, “I done messed around and got somethin’ in my finger again.” …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: C. Cimmone

The Library in the Laundry Room by Ann Levin

April 30, 2022 admin

For a long time, my favorite library was in the laundry room of my apartment building. It sprang up soon after my husband and I moved in, when someone left two cheap bookcases in the basement and a few cartons …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Ann Levin

Box of Crayons by Lois Hibbert

April 26, 2022 admin

September 8, 2021

Heading out today, my thoughts refuse to settle, draining my mental energy. Escalating issues with a negligent window replacement company; pressure to get quotes to replace a long rotting retaining wall that is housing wasps, at least …

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Learning Mom’s Language of Love by Michelle Goering

April 19, 2022 admin

Watching my friend Christy care for her mother, I am awed and a little ashamed. Rosemary is eighty-nine and in hospice. Christy is her full-time caretaker. I’m awed because Christy is oriented toward Rosemary like a new mother with a …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Michelle Goering

I Know No Other Way by Jason Green

March 28, 2022 admin

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way than this:” – Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVII

I write with the …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Jason Green

Promises and Lies by Julie Wise

March 20, 2022 admin

“Promise me.”

In the silence between her request and my response, I panic. 

No. 

Don’t ask me. 

It’s not fair.

You have the advantage – you’re dying. 

“Promise … what?” I ask. 

She reaches across the restaurant table and rests …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Julie Wise

Dusty Wind by Donald Reuker

March 19, 2022 admin

The room was filled with the warm glow of soft lighting and the sounds of hushed sniffles and gentle sobs. It was neatly appointed with artsy photos of western mountain scenes on the walls. There was ample space for the …

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The Plan by Hannah Garson

March 15, 2022 admin

 “Look, I’m standing on one foot,” my mother said proudly.

For three years she went to physical therapy. The exercises and stretches she did there helped ease the pain in her back caused by arthritis, herniated discs and sciatica. She …

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Overnight to Monterrey by Lorena Caputo

March 11, 2022 admin

14-15 April 1992 

El Regiomontano (Mexico City – Monterrey) 

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Welcome to the Regiomontano – a purely first-class train: several cars of primera especial, a bar car and a dining car. Behind are the sleepers. Not a second-class or …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Lorena Caputo

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