"She also was the only teacher."
BY CONNIE CAMPBELL | May 9, 2022 at 12:15 p.m.
Lilac Message
"...you are absent."
Reclaiming a Passion
A writing exercise about a skill you've salvaged.
Gratitude: Never Wasted Time
"I began to wonder how any person could afford just to drop these compliments like so many lovely flowery, lace-edged valentines..."
Luke May: America's Sherlock Holmes
an excerpt from Light Through a Prism: Childhood Memories
A First-Time Trucker’s Cross-Country Odyssey
“No problemo,” I replied airily. “I’ll rent a car trailer and pull it behind the truck.”
Wildflowers
"We were humble, with pleasures few,"
EASTER SURPRISES COME IN ALL TYPES
Easter Surprise
"The next day, I went to school, and had a surprise in my sack lunch. A beautiful colored egg with my name on it."
Russian Soldiers in Ukraine
"I’m horrified, of course. Agonized, terrified."
SOME NEW WAYS TO COPE WITH COVID?
My Omicron Covid Journey
My cat Rocky spends hours at night on my chest, while Elizabeth stays on my lap for as long as she can. She's worried about losing my petting and seeks it A LOT. Vivian is the Queen of the house and doesn't coddle me, though she learned when Brad had …
The Bus Driver
"I’d only ridden with him three times when he began calling me 'Carrot Top.'"
I Dreamed I Died.
"My arthritis was not bothering me..."
Winter
"...wheels of time turning,"
Downsizing
"My loyal, thirty-year-old vacuum cleaner sighed a dusty inhale."
