Essays

Some times there are so few things you can carry with you...

It's true -- a certain scent will make a memory more clear, more alive...

Gail Olson Chumbley is a retired history-educator following 33 years in the classroom. A nationally recognized instructor of American History, Gail was ready make the transition from telling the tales of the past, to trying her hand at writing those stories for a broader audience.

Cora Taylor is a native Ohioan and an aspiring "plant person." Her writing is inspired by the old family tales that are only shared after just the right amount of whiskey has been spilled.

The town mostly survives on the bones that the coal industry can throw it...

Abhishek Ghosh was born in Delhi and raised in Kolkata, India. He lives in Montreal, Canada. Abhishek is a teacher, writer, poet and a scientist. He earned his PhD from the University of Calgary, Canada in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The movie "Field of Dreams" had Kevin Costner as an actor, but the star of the show is still the field itself...

After a forty-year career working on poverty in cities around the world, Tim Campbell is finding his voice in memoir and creative non-fiction. Beginning in the 1990s during extensive travel with the World Bank, he began to write stories about life at home as well as on the road.

All you have to do is make a statement...

Memories of love and laughter keep friends carried with us in our hearts...

The boy, far from home in unfamiliar surroundings, and the man some fifty years later, like bookends around a life with love...

Makes you feel better on rainy days, too!

A blank document can be daunting -- until you realize that it is also an invitation...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made everyday life a challenge, but some things never change...

Gary Campanella loves an adventure. He has backpacked across the United States and traveled throughout the world. He has published a handful of poems and stories. He lives in La Crescenta, CA with his wife and two children, his greatest adventure.

What are the odds?...

It was a snow day! Time for all the fun in the world in the best weather of all...

Jeremy Merillat is a writer based in Budapest, Hungary.

"...happy in the moment and determined to go forward..."

Is there a mathematical way to express enjoyment?

When things get rough, you gotta just get out of Dodge...

Susan C. Waters has an advanced degree from the writing program at George Mason University and is currently Professor Emeritus at New Mexico Junior College. Ms. Waters started out as a journalist covering hard news in upstate New York.

Top dollar, new office ... uh oh.

James Brownold enjoyed a career writing and acting in commercials by day, and performing with various comedy/improv groups at night. Currently he teaches improvisation in Westchester, NY; where he also sings at retirement homes as "Senior Moments."

And it is so hard to look past that time without sadness...

Of course it's possible to make phone calls and generate correspondence in jammies and flip-flops...

Especially when you see that stupid woman flapping her gums at the cashier, wearing her mask UNDER her germy chin...

Marlin Bressi is a horror fiction writer and the author of four nonfiction books, including "Hairy Men in Caves: True Stories of America's Most Colorful Hermits" (Sunbury Press, 2015) and "Pennsylvania Oddities" (Sunbury Press, 2018).

Tell me what a Daddy is...

You might ask, "Why on earth would anyone do that? Here's the answer...