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.

Larry Sablosky Larry Sablosky

Larry Sablosky

I was 16 when my 19-year-old sister and I drove our aging grandparents to Florida...

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Sara Marberry Sara Marberry

Sara O’Daffer Marberry

The journal’s inscription reads, “For my Grandma: this book is yours to write whatever you choose…

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Larry Gritton Larry Gritton

Larry Gritton

When I was growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, my family went to my grandparents’ summer place…

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Dyan Taji Dyan Taji

Dyan Taji

By the time Sean had turned nine, he had survived four deaths…

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Emory Schmidt Emory Schmidt

Emory Schmidt

While cleaning out the basement recently, my wife Kris and I came across a very old and storied knife.

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Sharon Fiffer Sharon Fiffer

Sharon Fiffer

When I turned 7, my dad took me to the Kankakee Book Store…

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Steve Fiffer Steve Fiffer

Steve Fiffer

In 1959, I sent my hero, the NY Yankees’ Mickey Mantle, a letter…

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Jim Dorr Jim Dorr

Jim Dorr

Every summer in the ‘50s we would head to Brainerd, Minnesota…

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Jim Tauber Jim Tauber

Jim Tauber

I have saved this plastic robot since I was about 7...

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Julie Cowan Julie Cowan

Julie Cowan

As I pick out a blue pastel stick from the wooden box ...

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