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Ah, what to have for dinner? The eternal question. I...

Paris, Easter, 2019 The Spring of 2019 was hectic and...

My 30-year eclectic teaching “family” of students and colleagues began...

Exeter – West Greenwich, Rhode Island What kid doesn’t like...

Editor’s Note: an essay and a memoir for these troubling times. ...

Editor’s Note: Uff Da  or Uffda? That’s Minnesota-speak for dismay,...

My professor at the School of Architecture was 10 years...

Editor’s Note: Ever wonder who’s behind the sounds of public...

Editor’s Note: Trish was inspired by a poem “Where I’m...

Editor’s Note: Wondering how to have a joyful summer? Here’s...

Editor’s Note: For this Icelandic film, an artistic image of...

Editor’s Note: In days gone by — and in recent...

Editor’s Note: Here’s your chance to be an armchair sky diver!...

Editor’s Note: “God Jul” is the Swedes “Merry Christmas”. Ann...

Editor’s Note: The image shows the Advent candles, a placemat...

Editor’s Note: Addie asks how we are to get through...

Editor’s Note: This is the edition we must have had...

1995 was a hard year for us. In April, our...

Editor’s Note: Often we write our own memoirs, but sometimes...

Milking cows, tending the chickens, loving the freedom we children...

When you wake up, Make sure it is just before...

Editor’s Note: Last spring Washington state artist Steve Hill introduced...

Some random musings . . . Awakened before dawn by...

Editor’s Note: This small artwork, only 8″ x 8″, is...

Editor’s Note: As a new member of UU Reflections, the...

I  enter, as on pilgrimage.The altar cloths are red, white,...

Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out Ann’s beautiful blog:...

Editor’s Notes: The author’s original concern for friends has now...

Plants bring me peace. While growing scientific evidence affirms this, it...

Editor’s Note: Elizabeth shared her letters with our writing group,...

Editor’s Note: Debi grew up on a Minnesota farm. Harvest...

Editor’s Note: Margo’s poem was inspired by her healing from...

The last time we lived in Sedona, Arizona, there was...

Nothing fills my heart more with overarching hope than a...

Editor’s Note: Debi was widowed four years ago after fifty...

Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Carol’s other story about...

There are those who pass through our lifeAnd leave without...

Friends come in all types: a person sitting on a...

My father and his siblings had many stories about their...

Huff, huff, Whew. WHEW!“What’s your heartrate?”“One-forty.”“Stop and rest until it’s...

Editor’s Note: Although this is not the writer’s bandshell, this...

Editor’s Note: Poems by Carlos, aka Marty, from “their” book...

Editor’s Note: Using your best Texas accent, step into the...

Editor’s Note: Writer Ann Sigford joyfully embraces Mother Nature including...

Editor’s Note: The story of our first sailboat, Gone Away,...

Editor’s Note: For art lovers, such as myself, here’s a...

Long ago I worked at the College of St. Scholastica...

As long as I can remember, I have been in...

I grew up with cowboys, the real thing. My daddy...

The other day I realized that the activity of doing...

Math Anxiety! My palms still sweat when I hear the words...

Author/Editor Note: This painting “Ride Like the Wind” by Debbie...

It all started with sailing magazines that arrived in our...

It is my practice and passion to walk 8,000 steps...

“You hear it in complete sentences?” I couldn’t believe what...

During the late ‘60s, three of the four summers of...

Editor’s Note: In 2023 Tony published many of his life...

As a little Minnesota farm girl, I loved to explore...

In 1936, we Walkers: Mom, Dad, Mary (17), Tom (16),...

As I recall, it was a warm North Dakota summer...

In my junior year of college, I found an opportunity...

When you look at the picture of the artwork accompanying...

As parents of young kids, my husband and I are...

I’ve had a crush on Carl since I was a...

An excerpt from Jim’s above-titled book. See Editor’s Note below....

She was born in 1912, in a little Swedish town....

  This is our 9/11 story.  In early September of...