By Donna Puglisi Cape Canaveral Branch   Towering ladies with withered arms stretch toward the sky, wearing tattered remnants of summer and fall.   Long outstretched fingers dangle feathered moss, ... Read more

  By Sarah Collins Honenberger  Chesapeake Bay Branch, Virginia   It should be easy. Concede, comply, and still the enemy advances without concern for anyone or anything, a killer on an ... Read more

  By Ellen Morritt Sarasota Branch, Florida   I walk my dog on naked feet, The sidewalk still retains the heat. We walk along, my Duff and I While fluffy ... Read more

  By Barbara Sillery  Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts   Masks eyes   peer     warily. Space scan   circumference     six feet.   Caution fever,   cough,   ... Read more

  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