From Our Readers

The first sip of coffee in front of a laptop on a rustic table outside. AI generated and photoshopped.
From Our Readers

The First Sip

A simple pleasure discovered

By Johanna Wald | October 15, 2024
Grandfather telling story to his grandson, with the grandmother smiling as she looks on. Image by Imtmphoto. Essay on the art of storytelling
From Our Readers

The Art of Storytelling

Connect with the past, spread hope for the future

By Diana Raab, PhD | October 8, 2024
U.S. multicultural map - a diversity of people make up the map. Representing the regional accents that make up the nation. By Boarding1now.
From Our Readers

Regional Accents and a Sense of Belonging

Identifying people by their accents

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | September 24, 2024
Three stacks of books behind an e-reader, reading glasses, and cup of tea or coffee. By Karen Foley. For essay, making time for books
Books

Books, Books, Books

So many books, so little time

By Phil Perkins | September 18, 2024
cow exhibition at a fair, by Louis Horch. Essay on Fair Pranks.
From Our Readers

Fair Pranks

Farmer fun at the annual fair

By Stephen Nelson | September 10, 2024
Little boy on a tricycle in the 1960s. Edgewater Jerry Popiel, for music like it used to be
From Our Readers

Music Just Isn’t What It Used to Be

Singer-songwriter Jerry Popiel makes music ‘like they used to’

By Jerry Popiel | September 3, 2024
An old high school hallway, with windows, radiators, and hanging pendant lights. By Lisa Cora Reed
From Our Readers

The Changes at Her Old High School

A teacher reflects on the familiar and the new

By Lee Knapp | August 27, 2024
An old photograph of a drive-in movie theater with cars lined up to see the show. By the Everett Collection Inc. Used with "Drive-In Banshees" story.
From Our Readers

The Drive-In Banshees

Fond memories of the old hometown, drive-in movies, and screaming banshees

By James Fox | August 20, 2024
Woman shrugging, by Syda Productions. ‘I’ll Forgive, But I’ll Never Forget’
From Our Readers

‘I’ll Forgive, But I’ll Never Forget’

Or should it be the other way around?

By Karen Czuleger Strgacich | August 13, 2024
From the Cannon Mountain tram in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Image by Jiawangkun
From Our Readers

New Hampshire’s Cannon Mountain as Therapy

Hiking My Way Through Grief, Personal Terror

By Martha Steger | August 7, 2024

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