A nymph in the first blush of spring Spied a snowman and fancied a fling. But her kiss was his last; He was melting, and fast, While pondering love and its sting. Congratulations to Karen Eastlund of Raritan, New Jersey! For her limerick, Karen wins $25 and our gratitude for her witty and entertaining poem […]
In a small California community upset by wildfires and poverty, a four-legged hero comes to a family’s rescue in this heartwarming story by Terry Sanville.
By the 1960s, illicit drug use – especially marijuana and LSD – had proliferated on college campuses. Here, a recent college graduate describes the phenomenon and the philosophical and legal clashes it caused.
Gay Haubner recalls the details of elementary school life, including Christmas concerts, the horrors of phys ed, and tuna noodle casserole on Fridays.
Peter and Elmer are best friends who love nothing more than golf — that is, until Grace Forrester comes into the picture and wrecks their game.
College students in the 1960s were in many ways and for many reasons vastly different from the students of any previous generation.
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We’re celebrating dads and everything they teach us.
Gay Haubner writes of growing up in Duluth, including picking berries, skating on homemade ice rinks, and exploring Congdon Creek.
In her transformative essay from 1967, Joan Didion takes a closer look at the dark side of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture during the Summer of Love.
A contemplative man notices subtle changes in his life after purchasing a tailored suit in Madrid.
It must have been in the stars for Stan Musial to play baseball, or one of the many obstacles would have detoured the young man from his cherished road to diamond fame.
“This is the story of a spoiled girl who hadn’t the least idea that her parents had spoiled her.”
The Say Hey Kid explained the difference between a great catch and a merely good one.
A fan of crime fiction finds herself the prime suspect of a New Hampshire murder that took place in her small home town.
North Country Girl: Chapter 1 — Duluth In chapter 1 of a serialized memoir, Gay Haubner shares charming stories from her childhood in Minnesota. North Country Girl: Chapter 2 — What I Didn’t Learn in Kindergarten In chapter 2 of a serialized memoir, Gay Haubner recalls her Minnesotan upbringing, including starting kindergarten, watching The Bozo […]
In chapter 1 of a serialized memoir, Gay Haubner shares charming stories from her childhood in Minnesota.