By Virginia Nygard                      Vero Beach Branch   Across the barren snow-steeped ridge skeleton trees appear dry and bare yet seem to wake as I near the bridge and my heart ... Read more

By Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch   At Brú na Bóinne, Neolithic people walked on ancient roads through sacred Irish land toward prehistoric passage graves and ceremonial temples like Newgrange, where ... Read more

By Diane McDonough Cape Cod Branch   I sit under red maple where leaves appear gold. And the sky, gray, menacing   over all — even the holly and tiny ... Read more

By Audrey McHugh Long Island Branch   Gather the children before the breaking dawn transfigures the sweetness of their youth and the lost laboring world, unsatisfied, brings their beauty to ... Read more

By Louise Kantro Modesto Branch   Do you mind pulling over here? Sally asks. In a flash, the camera appears in her hand. I love this old house. And the ... Read more

By Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch Year after year during the months of August and September when the leaves begin to turn, and that cool breeze can be felt ... Read more