Category Archives: Guest writer
Let Your Writer Self Be With You
As I prepare for my “Write in Nature: A Day Away” retreat on January 28th, a line from the closing of Sheila’s essay (below) resonates with me. Sheila wrote, “I believe that when we are stuck, if we can adopt … Continue reading
L – A – N – C – E
By Galen Hoffman It was 1983, so I would have been 22 years old. I am bi-polar, and in those days I was having 1 or 2 substantial manic episodes per year. A manic episode would last 1 to 4 … Continue reading
Turning Points – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Melodee Currier A “turning point” is a point in time when something happens in your life that causes a change in direction. Don’t be surprised if you don’t realize a turning point has occurred until years later when you … Continue reading
The Post Office Truck (conclusion)
By Diane Hughes The story continues from this previous post. Diane and Glenn have completed renovations to turn their Post Office Truck into a unique mobile home base, allowing them to join in the peripatetic 1960s hippie culture. For most of a year, … Continue reading
The Last Soldier
Tune in next week for the concluding chapter of Diane Hughes’ The Post Office Truck. In the meantime, in honor of Veteran’s Day, I offer this short creative essay by Doug Elwell, who holds the honor of being the most … Continue reading
The Post Office Truck
By Diane Hughes When I met Glenn, he was young businessman running an employment agency. I was a hippie who needed a job. In those days the distance between those two worlds seemed immense. I purchased a very conservative dress … Continue reading
Leaving Alabama, 1965
By Jeremiah Cahill For the first time, I was scared. Really scared. Hitchhiking solo into Selma, Alabama in March 1965 had been youthfully naïve. Six weeks later, departing that civil-rights hotbed by sticking a thumb out was not only foolish—it … Continue reading
Seize the Opportunity
By Bill Horne Seize the opportunity, no matter what. I recently took part in a writing retreat Sarah organized, Write in Nature. I should explain that I am also an Association of Personal Historians member, but had yet to do … Continue reading
Two-Ball Sports
The “Season of Sports” concludes with this post… By Dale J. Dean There’s nothing like the fear of imminent death to encourage a person to go beyond their normal abilities. I need that encouragement, because, as a bit of a … Continue reading
My Life in Sports
The Season of Sports continues… By Doug Elwell No one noticed it at first, but when Ollie Baker planted his corn that spring he left a fair sized corner of the field fallow. It was the field that sat on … Continue reading
True Stories Well Told 