Contents: May 2010

Thoughts from the Editor
~ Kate Lydon

Stories

The End of Superman
~ Dave Tick

It was any hot day in July of 1958, and the burning sand scorched our little feet, which made us wonder why our mothers didn’t situate the beach chairs closer to the cooler hard sand near the water.

Having Babies is Great!
A Mother's Day Memory
~ Len Gottesman

Len, you’ll love to hear what happened as I went to work this morning. As I sat on the El, my stomach was so big that I rested my lunch on my belly! What a wonderful table the baby made!

House Hunting
~ Kristin Flick Strid

Our one-car garage was jam packed with big wheels, trikes, a stroller, bassinet, sleds and assorted plastic Playskool products. We were stuffed like the feathers in a down comforter, bulging wherever we all gathered

Fledglings
~ Jackie Kearins

I was in our family room when I heard a crow cawing. I looked out the window and saw it sitting on a branch of the Japanese maple tree in my back yard. I hate these birds. They remind me of flying rats, with their beady eyes and evil faces.

Bad Dream

~ Kate Lydon

Not even in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I'd someday marry the most conscientious, responsible and organized man in the world, but I did. The strange thing is that I didn't realize it until after we were married.

Autobiography of Nathaniel Watson Ladd (1848-1932) Part 8

The Law School of the Boston University had been going on for several weeks. I had an interview with the then acting Dean, and told him I wanted to get credited with a year’s private reading of law, for I had read Blackstone and Kent and some other law books, and had been registered as a student in a law office in Louisville.

Poetry

Lynn Ciesielski

An Eve to Await, A Prose Poem

Katie Rose Convery

       Lady of the Forest

Janice Ewing

              A Few Haiku

Joe Quinton
       Child's Play
        Spring
        Two Untitled Poems
        Garden