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A Time to Weep

Our little neighborhood gang had tired of Cowboys and…..

Amber, The Giant Slayer

You might be familiar with the story of David and Goliath when a …..

Best if used by

One month away from my senior year at Hathaway High, I saw on…..

Boone

n a bookshelf in a Goodwill thrift shop, a tiny book by Marc…..

Bump

The print was small, so Stan urged, “Mama, go faster so I can read it.”…..

Country

Gimme me a song that tells a story and touches my heart, a…..

Frog Legs

For a city of half a million, a junior high volleyball…..

From Darkness to Light

It was dark outside. I needed to go to our outdoor toilet,….

From the Pages of the Iliad

While reading Homer’s Iliad, in the original Greek, of course, ……

Crazy Joe

The following story was passed down to me from my grandfather,…..

Dinner on Sunday

A tall, gray-haired George Dandridge handed his topcoat to the cloakroom…..

Entrepreneur

I am living the American dream. I’m an entrepreneur, ……

Gifts

When the first chords of “Amazing Grace” hit my ear, …..

Grace, to you

The following is a translation of a Coptic manuscript by……

If I Return

NFL pennants encircle the upper walls of the barbershop I patronize……

it's A Grand, Old Flag

When the national anthem was sung, some …..

Me and the Good Book

I began attending K Street Baptist Church in Ardmore,……

Moray

Although he did not need notes, the young,y……

Odd Animal Behavior

I was probably about five years old at the time. Our tiny white…..

On Poetry

Some people, when they see poetry coming, lock their hearts,……

One Step for Man

On Sunday morning, about midway on his cross-country trek, Keith …..

One String Banjo

Brother Jim glanced from his car window at men in dark, soiled…..

The Body Shoppe, 2054

My wife died on our 47th anniversary. Two years later, at…..

The Curve

Residents along the dirt road scurried out of its path when his …..

The Only Alien I Ever Met

Reading my title, your first question would be: Are you …..

The Rabbit and The Fox

There was a baby rabbit whose mother and father had died…..

The Trial

Our children graduated college and moved to the city, so it’s…..

This Old House

Living in the same house for 52 years, one collects memories …..

Waiting

He had spent a lot of his life waiting. He recalled waiting for …..