By Carol Anne Dunn Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida   From the safe harbor of my lanai I see the opportunistic crocodilian lying in the sun, Soaking up the rays ... Read more

  By Mary Jedlicka Humston Iowa City Branch   Oh, to have the Determination, the Drive, the Dominant instinct, the DoggeDness, the Demeanor of beavers builDing Dams.   Witnessing their ... Read more

By Andrea Jones Walker Pensacola Branch, Florida   Something about a road trip frees the soul, fills the senses like fresh air in the lungs. The pavement to Atlanta is ... Read more

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral Branch, Florida                                                                                                      She awakes with the gradual awareness that she is awake. She doesn’t want to be awake.     She tries ... Read more

By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch   We always heard the story, how he rode the train for four out of five days of leave. From San Antonio to ... Read more

By Carmen Meadows Atlanta Branch     If I forget you, darling one, as I grow old and frail, I have a secret treasure chest no moths or rust assail.   ... Read more

By Carolynn J. Scully Member-at-large   The ancients winked and smiled at the mystery and magic of the wee island of green, a crock of shamrocks hiding Leprechaun gold for ... Read more

By Mary L. Gardner CNY Branch   Being Clear There’s not a follicle of truth in a colleague’s chronicled memoir that observing a tropical botanical requires a monocle.   Footnotes ... Read more

Patricia Doyne Diablo-Alameda Branch, California     (Based on Giraphics by muralist Dan Fontes)   Whoosh! The freeway overpass pulses with cars, pick-ups, buses, big-rigs, motorcycles. All day they speed ... Read more