Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Essays

Essays published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

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Adventures of a Grownup 25 by JH Mae

Look around you -- it's happening even as you read this...

Reflections on Lenten Activities 2 by Bernie Pilarski

Have you grown anything spiritually?

Adventures of a Grownup 24 by JH Mae

Just do it when no one is looking...

Reflections on Lenten Activities by Bernie Pilarski

This Lenten Season, Bernie intends to do something different to remind him of what his life is about...

A First Nations Perspective 2 by Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

"When Worldviews Collide." A look at the way First Nation peoples view their history and their origins.

Adventures of a Grownup 23 by JH Mae

There's a much wider picture at work in our lives, as wide as the gulf between Life and Death...

Adventures of a Grownup 22 by JH Mae

What will you find if you don't let fear stop you?

Adventures of a Grownup 21 by JH Mae

Rich or poor, old or young, one thing we all share...

Adventures of a Grownup 20 by JH Mae

Hold a door open, pick up a book someone has dropped -- yes, the comfort of others!

Why We Write by Scott Archer Jones

Scott Archer Jones is currently living and working on novels in northern New Mexico, after stints in the Netherlands, Scotland and Norway plus less exotic locations. He's worked for a power company, grocers, a lumberyard, an energy company (for a very long time), and a winery. He is the Treasurer of Shuter Library of Angel Fire, a private 501.C3, and desperately needs your money to keep the doors open.

Adventures of a Grownup 19 by JH Mae

Wouldn't any woman want to have teeny feet like Barbie?

Adventures of a Grownup 18 by JH Mae

This is why Amazon Prime is successful...

Adventures of a Grownup 17 by JH Mae

A table for two, candlelight, a touch of fingertips...no, wait there's more to love than that...

The Search for Gluten-Free Beer in the Czech Republic: Featured Blog by Christopher Allen
Adventures of a Grownup 16 by JH Mae

Ten years later, twenty years later, such a different life, but still somehow the same...

The Half-Crazed Hedge Shaman: Featured Blog by Sand Pilarski

If only birds could read, we'd put warning labels on the patio door...

Adventures of a Grownup 15 by JH Mae

Oh, for the chance to get everything you ever wanted...but what do you really want?

Brainsnorts: Featured Blog by Richard Voza

In this entry, Richard Voza shares some thoughts on the poem's journey with the poet.

The Five Hundred Steps by Micki Morency

Micki Morency is a Haitian-American, born in Port-au-prince Haiti. She grew up with six siblings in a very close knit family. She came to the US in 1973 with her family and settled in Massachusetts, graduating from Northeastern University with a BS in Finance in 1981. For many years, she worked as a Bank Auditor, before finding her calling as an advocate for the elderly, the young and the disabled.

Adventures of a Grownup 14 by JH Mae

Memories have a way of editing themselves -- especially holiday ones.

Adventures of a Grownup 13 by JH Mae

Do you see the flaws or the people you think have them?

Adventures of a Grownup 12 by JH Mae

And are the beauty queens still beautiful? What about at their 40th reunion?

Adventures of a Grownup 11 by JH Mae

Well, peanut butter can be nutritious, can't it?

A Weekend in Tokyo by Phillip Donnelly

A traveling itch invades, and drags Mr. Donnelly off to the Land of the Rising Sun.

The Dark Side: Featured Blog by Phillip Donnelly

Join Phillip Donnelly in his travel over Dublin's Liffey River.

Adventures of a Grownup 10 by JH Mae

Love, companionship, nuturing...it's all there with Maggie.

A Writer & Her Adolescent Muse: Featured Blog by Carrie A. Golden

This week's featured blog asks an important question of all writers.

Adventures of a Grownup 09 by JH Mae

Is the trend towards casual dress a good thing?

He Took Me Fishing by Harvey Silverman

Harvey explains the photo:"...my dad, me and my older son, Andy -- my dad's first grandchild -- as we leave to take Andy fishing for the first time."

Adventures of a Grownup 08 by JH Mae

Which would you rather have? Money or happiness?