Members’ Stories
I admire my mother
I take pride in saying I admire my mother the most in my family. My Mother. She is like The Sun in the Solar system and all the rest of the family are like planets revolving around the Sun. She is very affectionate, kind, caring, loving, compassionate, and ready to solve our problems. She has [...]
A turning point
I was a eighteen year old girl when I moved out of my home. I did not have a very happy childhood. My father was in and out of job frequently. He had all the influences of the big bad world outside. Wine, women, gambling and so on. He used to spend all his money [...]
The Aura
By Howie Cohen I’m standing in a second-hand store in Aspen called Gracie’s. It’s where rich people bring their fancy leather jackets and name brand suits that they don’t want anymore cause they’re last year’s style or a little frayed around the collar. When I was younger, I wouldn’t have been caught dead in a [...]
My Best Friend: My Wife
“We always seem to lift each other’s spirits when it’s needed. She thinks I’m very funny and I think she is a great audience.”My Best Friend: My Wife My best friend is my wife. Maybe it’s because we have shared so many experiences and have the same values. We like and dislike the same people [...]
Beer Was Back!
“Sixty-nine years ago, the 18th amendment (prohibition) was repealed, and beer with 3.2% alcohol by volume was allowed to be sold again.”Beer Was Back! By Abe Geyer After thirteen years of being deprived of the good stuff, real beer was coming back. Sixty-nine years ago, the 18th amendment (prohibition) was repealed, and beer with 3.2% [...]
Promises, Promises: O.K., I’ll Buy the Book.
“Say bye-bye belly fat, and so long to fatigue. Heal yourself with chocolate, have your buttocks lifted, have thinner thighs, firmer upper arms and a flat stomach. Do something with youir cellulite. Be sexy at any age. Reverse the aging process…” Promises, Promises: O.K, I’ll Buy the Book. By Brenda Mallory I want you to [...]
The Worst Date I Ever Had
“While we talked, I noticed some dog poop on the bottom of my shoe as well as some that was now on the carpet. But wait, it gets worse.”The Worst Date I Ever Had By Jeffrey Zander I was still in my teens –maybe 18. My mother met a woman on a bus who said [...]
Being on a Bridge in an Earthquake
“I saw and felt the tremendous panic of other people as screams erupted across the bridge.”Being on a Bridge in an Earthquake By Leo Remington It all began with a turbulent sound resembling thunder. The cars suspension made me think it was just a bump in the road, but then I realized I wasn’t moving. [...]
Buddhist Soup Nazi
“Why you send your food back so often? You not happy person? Come back when you arehappy.” Buddhist Soup Nazi By Greg Tamblyn Years ago I waited tables at a Nashville health food restaurant that didn’t serve meat, but did serve alcohol. Meaning, you couldn’t get a hamburger, but you could get hammered. I always [...]
Even Heroes have Heroes
Essay: “What really makes someone a hero, and not just a good person?”Even Heroes have Heroes By Harriet Benson What is a hero? Can a hero be anyone or anything? What really makes someone a hero, and not just a good person? Here are some things that in my mind makes a person a hero. [...]
Cell Phone Rant
Cell phones are destroying conversation. You’d think the flood of free minutes and the sheer joy of prattling on about the inane events in our lives would enhance conversation. But somehow this craving for instant communication damages the quality of conversation. Cell Phone Rant By Mark Worcester For example: I was driving to the store [...]
I Married a Blind Date
The term “blind date” used to scare me to death. Just about all of them were nightmares or forgetable. Except one.By George Mitchel I was living and working in New York and Lynn had just graduated college and moved to New York with her old room mate. One week-end Lynn’s mother came to visit her [...]
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