Cornelia DeDona Member at Large, New York   It was December of 2012. Dad was almost eighty. Dementia had erased his hunger. He’d subsisted the last few years on cheap cereal  ... Read more

Susan Bassler Pickford Member-at-large (Maine)   Middle English “trewthe,” from Old English “trēowth” — fidelity; akin to Old English “trēowe” — faithful — before 1100s   “You can’t handle the truth,” ... Read more

Thelma A. Giomi Yucca Branch, NM   Yesterday, I walked under a canopy of mimosa trees, Maybe a dozen, Who could count the fragrance was so intoxicating, The shade so soothing. ... Read more

Elizabeth Yale Bayou City II   I could smell it as soon as I walked in the door breakfast pancakes, oil on the cast iron skillet his face so endearing, ... Read more

By Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City ll Branch, Texas    The grass is damp with crystalline dew Orderly white gravestones They’re wet too The flags are lowered Until dawn What leaps ... Read more

Barbara Sillery Cape Cod Branch   The sky is falling. There’s a hole in the ground. Hug me. Hug me, now.   The road is too narrow. The hill is ... Read more

Kathryn Kleekamp NLAPW Cape Cod Branch Still Life with Peachblow Vase Oil on Canvas Size: 13″ x 22″ www.SandwichArt.com     Kathryn was inspired to paint this favorite vase of ... Read more

Polly Curran Sarasota, Florida Branch Photography Pollycurranphotography.zenfolio.com     Polly Curran is an award-winning Artistic Nature photographer.   “The natural beauty of each individual leaf or flower becomes a work of ... Read more