Category Archives: Guest writer
Like a Motherless Child
By Melodee K. Currier If I read one more feel-good Mother’s Day story, I think I’m going to scream! Am I the only one who doesn’t have kind words to say about their mother? I have never called my mother … Continue reading
Sissy
By Doug Elwell Summer thunder rolled across the prairie in the distance—in the middle of the night. It roused me from a dreamless sleep. I lay on my back—hands behind my head—propped up on my pillow to listen. I listened, then … Continue reading
A Date with Danger
By Mel Currier In 1965, when I was seventeen, I moved to New York City to attend secretarial school and lived at The Barbizon Hotel for Women. Men weren’t allowed past the lobby, so that provided some security and sanity for … Continue reading
Meet Ann Imig, founder of “Listen to Your Mother”
Mother’s Day is coming up–a season I have always found prickly to navigate, as a non-mother myself and child of a nonconformist mother. But hey, without mothers where would we be? Let me introduce you to Ann Imig, “stay-at-home humorist,” … Continue reading
Butter Beans and the Lone Ranger
By Doug Elwell I didn’t have an I-Phone to thumb through at the dinner table when I was a kid, but that didn’t mean there weren’t electronic devices that competed for my attention. I had the radio that sat on the … Continue reading
My First Love
On March 8–International Women’s Day–I concluded our special focus on the problem of violence against women. But one more essay came in from one of my writers that deserves to join the others bearing witness to the lives of women and … Continue reading
Who Do I Kill?
Today, March 8–International Women’s Day, True Stories Well Told concludes our special focus on the problem of violence against women. The following essay was written by Leigh O’Leary Hyde. I suggest listening to Peter Gabriel’s “Shakin’ the Tree” as you read. -Sarah … Continue reading
The Cracked Mirror
Through March 8 (International Women’s Day) True Stories Well Told is featuring special-focus posts on the problem of violence against women, including guest essays exploring how the abuse of one affects us all. The following essay was written by Raven Barrett. THE … Continue reading
I’m not perfect.
Through March 8 (International Women’s Day) True Stories Well Told is featuring special-focus posts on the problem of violence against women, including guest essays exploring how the abuse of one affects us all. The following essay was written by fellow APH member … Continue reading
I Miss You, Yvonne.
Through March 8 (International Women’s Day) True Stories Well Told is featuring special-focus posts on the problem of violence against women, including guest essays exploring how the abuse of one affects us all. The following essay was written by Brian Lavendel, who … Continue reading
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