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PRISMATIST
A RECKONING ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU – by Ani Takati
Five of us, including the Chinese driver, were crammed into a Toyota land cruiser that bounced along on the vast Tibetan Plateau.
HOW A REAL CONSERVATIVE TALKS by Jim Kent
On 5 November 2008, John McCain conceded the presidential election to Senator Barack Obama with the following remarks.
ODE TO A PAPER BAG – by Sharon Chalem
Open or empty
I value your input
and I honor your load,
A VACUUM by Sharon Chalem
This isn’t about an unexpected object in the home
but an object in an unexpected place
THE CARTON SPEAKS ITS TRUTH by LinMarie DiCianni
With her cross-country move just 48 hours away, Sheila sensed her every nerve fraying, the pressure of time leaning heavily on her distracted mind.
KEEPING BUSY – by Jim Kent
In the current climate, outrage fatigue is a real likelihood and a mortal threat.
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S "GREAT," I'M NOT LEAVING AMERICA - by Nicole d'Entremont
This past February, I received my Canadian citizenship certificate.
ALPHABÉTIQUE: A-M by Kiley Grantges
This alphabet series began as a method to explore the kind of character study I was interested in pursuing.
ANYA’S RECITAL: LESSONS LEARNED by Sue Smaltz Burrus
Anya and Kerensa, my granddaughter, have been friends ever since they met as college freshman percussion students four years ago.
THE TALKING HEADS WERE RIGHT – by Jim Kent
...their classic concert album had valuable advice for certain politicians--as you may recall, its title was “Stop Making Sense.”
EZRA AND IKE ON THE ROAD - PART TWO By Tim Wintermute
Ezra dreamt he was Lazarus only there were no Mary and Martha to ask Jesus to bring him back to life ...
AFTER by Vicki Lind
After a fall, Micki’s legs in ice, fail to dance
PHOTOS by Mark Magee
These photos all come from areas I know well and see often.
MUSINGS ON MORTALITY by Tony Lopresti
My name is Tony Lopresti and today my ego took a hit.
THE FROG PRINCE by Jim Kent
In the English version of the Grimm Brothers’ story about the Frog Prince, the prince turns into a regular guy when he gets kissed.
EXAMINING AMAZON: THE REALITY OF WORKING FOR THE GLOBAL RETAILER by Vic Johnson
I am a full-time Tier 1 Amazon Associate at a Fulfillment Center. It’s a love/hate mutually-parasitical relationship.
DEAR DEMOCRATS - by Jim Kent
I am a lifelong Republican who is sorry your party have decided they don’t want to win any elections for a while.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACES FOR POLITICAL IDENTITIES – By Irvin Peckham
The current terms of left and right, Democrat and Republican, are in part responsible for the current dysfunctional state of our government
TO STOP OUR COUNTRY FROM BREAKING BAD WE’D BETTER CALL SAUL…ALINSKY - by Tim Wintermute
Unlike the lawyer Saul Goodman in the TV series Breaking Bad ... you can’t call Saul Alinsky.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE E’S – By Jim Kent
For a couple of decades I had a job (well, a series of jobs) as a program evaluator for state legislatures.
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