Grandma’s diary July 1913, part 2
My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. She was bribed, by her father, with a bank account of $200 to quit school and work in …
more
Ramona Jan
|
7/19/22
|
When I was growing up our family went out for dinner almost every Sunday night. We often went to a restaurant named China Moon. Like most Americans we never heard of Hunan, Sichuan or Cantonese. Back …
more
Hudson Cooper
|
7/15/22
|
Future Stories: What’s Next? by David Christian (Little, Brown). This is a small-ish, slightly playful book of philosophy. So a book of (somewhat) playful but (seriously) thoughtful …
more
George Ernsberger
|
7/15/22
|
He wore shorts and a winning smile, despite his artificial leg that went all the way to his hip. I was at a High School Graduation Party for Leisha’s youngest daughter, Ruby and Mark was one of …
more
by June Donohue
|
7/15/22
|
It is right around this time of year that people start growing more zucchini than they know what to do with. I often find myself with too much zucchini and utilizing it in creative ways …
more
Claire Stabbert
|
7/15/22
|
It was 1978, around midnight and, for the first time ever, I was about to go onstage at CBGB’s. My band, Comateens, consisted of two people, myself on guitar and vocals and Nic North on bass …
more
Ramona Jan
|
7/12/22
|
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany (Grand Central). A first novel whose author has a lot of strings to her bow; novels may not be her constant focus, but this one raises real hope. …
more
George Ernsberger
|
7/8/22
|
I was helping my son this weekend in completing his honeydew list by mowing his lawn for him while he completed other tasks around the house. A couple of his trees that I had to mow around just …
more
Jim Boxberger
|
7/8/22
|
Using a mondegreen in a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “The Weigh In Is the Hardest Part.” For as long as I can remember, stepping on a scale has been a part of my morning …
more
Hudson Cooper
|
7/8/22
|
We were sitting last week around a warm crackling campfire less than 30 feet from the calm blue waters of Lake George, surrounded by those majestic and lush green-covered mountains that help make up …
more
Barry Lewis
|
7/8/22
|
If you’re currently growing enough garlic to feed your family, you’re probably growing enough scapes to feed an army. Many people ask me, what are scapes? Scapes are those wild-looking …
more
Claire Stabbert
|
7/8/22
|
My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. She worked as a store clerk in the family bakery. In this excerpt, she grapples with going back to school, which she had quit due to …
more
by Ramona Jan
|
7/5/22
|