Category Archives: Guest writer

By Josh Feyen This is part two of a two-part series on a topic we don’t talk about. (Click here to read part one.) Now, I’ll be the first to admit, as a man, I can’t speak from personal experience … Continue reading →

By Carol J. Wechsler Blatter Sometimes I have an empty feeling when I wake up—feeling in no place. I’m taking up space. Always when I walk each morning these feelings fade, seeing everything here in the Sonoran desert enveloped in … Continue reading →

By Marlene Samuels It’s October once more, and last week, I was visually assaulted by Halloween decorations at my local “big-box-store”. The moment I walked in, memories of my especially unsettling and very awkward first ever American Halloween also assaulted … Continue reading →

by Donald A. Ranard Clifford, the guard, couldn’t stay awake. Our house in Colombo, Sri Lanka—an old sprawling colonial bungalow surrounded by flowering bushes and frangipani trees—came with round-the-clock guards. Clifford was the night guard. One night, a week after … Continue reading →

By Brenda Miller Note, this post is an example of a hermit crab essay, a format Brenda teaches in which a writer adopts an existing form to contain their writing. These forms can be a number of things including emails, … Continue reading →

By Sheila Bender “Did you see the Harrycoos out to our left as we passed?” “No,” we told the taxi driver taking us from our ferry landing on the Isle of Skye to Kyle Lochalsh on the mainland in the … Continue reading →

By Donna Roger In the mid-1980s, I began working in a large reputable company, starting my career in the administrative assistant field. During its heyday, this company employed over 10,000 employees, and it was actively hiring to support its rapid … Continue reading →

By Ez Siegler Ah!  The much-maligned dandelion!  So spikey sleek in its youthful yellow attire, dotting, or, more often filling whole landscapes with their community.  The energy and frolic of an early spring bloom of all those yellow buttons certainly … Continue reading →

By Marlene Samuels This is the second post of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. My high school was infamous for mean girls from wealthy families and an archaic gender-biased curriculum. Senior boys crafted items from wood—bookshelves, coffee tables, … Continue reading →

By Marlene Samuels This is the first post of a two-part series. Read the second post here. During my senior year of high school in 1968, Home Economics was a mandatory, one-semester sewing and cooking class all girls were supposed … Continue reading →