January is haiku month here. We will be publishing four each Wednesday beginning 1/7. Check out our “Other Stuff” section, too. We have now enabled the COMMENT function. So next time you read a piece, let us know what you think. Also, remember to follow us on our FB page, where you’ll be reminded of new pieces and can find links to old ones.
Fred Karger
When I was growing up in Glencoe, a bedroom suburb north of Chicago, I didn’t quite fit in….
Pamela Wilsey
As a child I rejected dolls, refused to read any books with human characters…
Robert Jordan
My father started his career in the 1930s, working in the oil fields in Maracaibo…
Joyce Newcomb
When I was a child, the sky-blue teapot sat on the counter beside the stove…