Growing up, I was routinely criticized for favoring the rain over the sunshine. According to others, this “unnatural behavior” must allude to a state of …
I Hear London Weeping by Jerusha Lumley
The day they came, that was the real surprise. To hear it was louder than the popping of birthday balloons. To see it was more horrifying than …
Interview with a WWII Veteran
“During the Second World War, every young man wanted to serve his country. It was in my DNA from my father who had volunteered and …
On My Grandmother’s Front Porch by Julia Nunnally Duncan
On my grandmother’s front porch where we gathered on Sunday afternoons, Paul seemed to be the most relaxed of uncles, pipe stem poised in his …