Summary: Three planes, two taxis, a bus and a half, one train, and a shout-out for all the French citizens who were so helpful to a lost, stressed American traveler. Category: Non-fiction Rating: G Word Count: 3131   “You know about your plane, right?” The trip had been in the works for months, and I … Continue reading 33 Hours to Lourdes (by PSW) →

Summary:   Just a normal woman. Category: non-fiction Rated: G Word Count:   379   She’s a performer. Her audience watches her closely, comments on every move she makes. They cheer for her, applaud if she performs well, and if not they berate, boo, belittle. Sometimes they stare in silent disapproval, and the noise of it makes … Continue reading The Performer (by faust) →

Summary:    The future Category:   Non-fiction Rated:  G Word Count:   179   “I do;” and the future looks pink and orange, bright and joyful. Then there are good times and bad, health and sickness, births and deaths, and not always in that order. “I shall;” and the future looks green and blue, promising and full … Continue reading Colours (by faust) →

Summary:  Texas Ranger Jim Peters decided to forego the usual investigation of heinous crimes for what he thought would be the simple case of locating a stolen shrimp boat in the fishing waters around Port Aransas, Texas. By the time he solved the case, however, it had blossomed into one gigantic comedy of errors involving … Continue reading The My Judy II Affair (by Sierra) →

Summary: The heroes of the Alamo and La Bahia are recalled in the famous battle cries, "REMEMBER THE ALAMO! REMEMBER LA BAHIA!" But does anyone remember the only recognized Mexican heroine in the Texas Revolution, the "Angel of Goliad," Francisca "Panchita" Alavez? Category:  Non-Fiction Genre:  History Rated: G Word Count: 3378   October 17, 1835, started … Continue reading The Angel of Goliad (by Sierra) →

Summary:  Gardening is about more than vegetables. Category:  Non-fiction Genre:  Memoir Rated:  PG Word Count:  870     The garden catalogs spill all around us on the floor as we pour through them and argue over the choices made. Many of the catalogs are replete with gorgeous pictures of mouth-watering displays of beets and broccoli, … Continue reading Tending the Garden (by Marybeth) →

Summary:  Unexpected memories . . . Category:  Non-fiction Genre:  Memoir Rated:  PG Genre:  Word Count:  3233   The first time it happened, we were out in the driving rain, trying to hang Christmas lights. Seattle is not the most enchanting place to be in December. Instead of thick snow and sleds and icicles, we have … Continue reading Three Houses (by Marybeth) →

Summary: Category:  Non-fiction Genre:  Memoir Rated: PG Word Count:  2631   "Home is where, when you have to go, they have to take you in." --Robert Frost     Five-year-old Brendan is vibrating, in the way only small boys can, with absolute fury. That spring season he had made a dirt and grass kingdom under … Continue reading The Runaways (by Marybeth) →

Summary: Category:  Non-fiction Genre:  Memoir Rated:  PG Word Count:  3850   “Life begins on the other side of despair.” —Jean-Paul Sartre  Grief unravels life in such a way that it can never be woven whole again. Sometimes though, unexpected joy plaits a pattern out of darkness. Our holidays of 1990 were a time of anticipation and … Continue reading Hope (by Marybeth) →