In Bejing China at a man who introduced himself as Mr. Cricket’s home. He trains crickets to fight, and he invited us into his home and allowed us to hold and look at these crickets with which he earns his living. BIO: JJ wrote “I’ve […]
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High Water by B.A. Van Sise
Standing at the road side in the hot July sun in Gettysburg, it gives me a certain guilty pleasure to think about Greenberry Callahan, Robin’s Confederate great-great-great grandfather, at the bottom of that hill, and John Learey, my immigrant American great-great-great grandfather, trying to shoot […]
In the Amalfi Coast by Adriana Añon
Ascending and Descending In the Amalfi Coast I knew I was in trouble as soon as I arrived in Praiano. Maybe it was the way this small commune in the Amalfi Coast appeared unexpectedly, nestled up high as we rounded the bend of the Lattari […]
Thank You, No. By Stuart Watson
I love to travel. I have friends who love to travel. I love to share travel tales. One of my dear friends will invariably punctuate our travel reveries with a suggestion. “Oh, wouldn’t it be great for you guys to join us in City X, […]
Mise en Scène in Marseille by Hillary Moses Mohaupt
Climbing the cool dark stairs up from the basement lair to shower before school. Walking to catch the city bus in the dark, the streets sleek with winter rain. Glints of sunshine as my host sister and I meet up with her school friends. The […]
Snow in Phoenix by Jennifer Klemmetson
Snow in Phoenix – who would’ve thought? In February 2019, it snowed in the mountains surrounding Phoenix, Arizona, leaving the desert surrounded by white mountains. Bio: Jennifer Klemmetson is a writer and content marketer based in Phoenix, Ariz. She loves spending her weekends with a […]
