Category Archives: Guest writer

By Pat LaPointe I’ve never felt more excited about going out. Nineteen months inside. “OOH, my black stilettos. I can hardly wait to wear them again.” Shoe: “I shouldn’t care. If you want to break your neck, it’s your choice”. … Continue reading →

By Kurt Baumann This is the second in a two-part post about Kurt’s life of prayer. To read the first, click here. When I was twenty, I was in a hotel room, thinking about how to end my life. The … Continue reading →

By Kurt Baumann This post is the first in a two-part series. In one of Bil Keane’s Family Circus cartoons, Billy, the oldest son, is doing homework, and asks: “What is the greatest power?” Each one of the characters has … Continue reading →

By Marlene Samuels I’d been married for three years during which time my husband and I had been renovating our house almost constantly. Although a magnificent brick and limestone structure built in1882 complete with copper spires and massive leaded windows, … Continue reading →

By Virginia Amis We waited in the formal living room, many women dressed in light summer dresses that showed toned and tanned arms, men in slacks and linen jackets.  Elaine and Bill had invited us to share a magnum of … Continue reading →

By Marlene Samuels It was 1980 and although I’d been in the Ph.D. program for one week, I spotted him on day one. His good looks and muscular physique were total contradictions to that academic “geek” stereotype. Without a doubt, … Continue reading →

By Virginia Amis I sometimes think about what happened on that winter day in 1966. The day’s air stung my ten-year-old cheeks even though I’d bundled up with a hat and scarf.   I stood on the sidewalk, facing the front … Continue reading →

By Virginia Amis We mingled in groups, some whispering, others laughing openly, then catching themselves.  The banquet room windows allowed a view of oak and spruce trees growing on undulating hills where paths wound and disappeared.  Someone remarked that the … Continue reading →