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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Angels by Margarita Meyendorf We were a half-hour drive from our destination and already thinking of the cool lake we were going to jump into and the scrumptious lunch we had […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Weeds Don’t Weep but Gardeners Do. by Nancy Halgren Diligent was the only word that could be applied to my father’s pursuit of dandelions in our front yard. Clearly Iremember him in his worn work b […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 months, 2 weeks ago
There's a Beer that Tastes Like June 1981 by Harry Lee James Once upon a time I was a soldier living in a small town on the eastern most edge of what was known at the time as West Germany. To the East, a […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Le Francais et Moi by Miles Fowler The other day, I was watching a TV program set during World War II. An American bomber group was about to drop leaflets over Nazi-occupied territory. […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Kali Gandaki by Connie Clark I have a fear of heights. It is a fear of depths, too. Stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon and look down? No, no matter how beautiful it may be. Sit […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Remedy for an Excited Amygdala by Billie Hinton On the first cold night since early last spring fog rolls onto the farm like a tide. I wake to a cloud buckling in the arena, around the barn, down […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 4 months, 1 week ago
Missive From the Snow Globe by Charlotte Matthews Not sure how we got here. But here is where we are. My next-door neighbor, Sarah, and her little sister Pearl, and me. We were eating cereal at their […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 5 months ago
Considering Volcanoes: What Lies Beneath by Mary Alice Hostetter Mary Alice Hostetter has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest There was no real reason for volcanoes and […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Hibiscus by Amy Boyes Amy Boyes has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest The hibiscuses arrived in six-inch grower pots. Packed for […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 6 months, 1 week ago
Why I Loved the 8-Track by Karen Weyant Today, we stream any song we can find, google obscure one-hit wonders, and watch anyone make their own music videos on TikTok, but back before they […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Bus Was Late: a Stamford Memory by Jeffrey Coughter Jeffrey Coughter has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest On a sunny, breezy late October morning in 1959, I […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Bridge of Sighs by Martha Wiseman Martha Wiseman has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest My mother sighed. Frequently, variously, […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Drowned Place by Miles Fowler Red-wing blackbirds flew overhead, their red shoulders gleaming in the afternoon sun. The air was thick with the chirping and buzzing of wild fauna. […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 7 months, 2 weeks ago
My Brother's Heart by Phyllis Brotherton Phyllis Brotherton has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest I carry my brother’s heart all the way to Salina, Ka […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 8 months ago
Dream House by Wendy Fontaine Wendy Fontaine is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest An itchy palm means you’re going to come into some money. T […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Love in Life’s Tunnels by Linda Styles Berkery Linda Berkery is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest Ten years ago, I was the one with memory loss. I was repeating […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Male Enhancement Or, You Think I Need a New Email Address? by Susan Shafarzek Seems like every morning I find myself weeding my inbox: delete, delete, delete, like a gardener tending a hopeless patch. I’m wary of accidentally o […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Find the Difference by Rigel Oliveri Rigel Oliveri is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest It was late on a Saturday night. My son, who had just turned nine, […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Return to Civilization by Elizabeth L. Delaney Two 584-million-mile trips around the sun—the only traveling any of us could do. Two sets of birthdays and anniversaries and seasonal accoutrement. I […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 year ago
In the After by Sarah E. Laughter My favorite photograph shows my children trudging through a cold, whispering creek hand in hand. The afternoon light filters through the canopy, […]
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