by Abby Caplin after May Swenson It’s aboutfingers,strings,frets,plucks,andstrums. Fingerspressstringsto neck,abovefrets.Otherhand’sfingers,or thumb,pluck andstrum. Sometimes fretfingers are weak, don’tpress hard enough (zzzz)or want to wobble and cry(wah-wah-wah-wah). Orthey pull the string to make it ring. Strings stretch across neck, wait for finger to press hard or make like a hammer. Some- times strings…
Writing has always been part of my life. As a child, my journey began with writing short stories about family summer vacations. As a teenager, I kept a journal for many years, writing about friendships. Today, I am grateful it is a daily part of my life teaching English and…
by Richard Adams Carey I remember my mother being an atheist about the aging process. “I don’t feel any different,” she would protest as the decades marched on. She didn’t deny the aches and pains, which she did feel, and which were different. It was more a mental thing, a…