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.

Jim Reardon Jim Reardon

Jim Reardon

Christmas sixty years ago, was going to be my best ever.

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Nell Minow Nell Minow

Nell Minow

My mother, Josephine Baskin Minow, collected antiques…

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Mark Smith Mark Smith

Mark Smith

My grandfather was a tailor who emigrated from Germany…

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Bobbie Calhoun Bobbie Calhoun

Bobbie Calhoun

Whenever my mother, an irascible Brooklynite, would get a hankering…

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Liza Blue Liza Blue

Liza Blue

One of the unexpected privileges of this pandemic…

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Holly Sider Smith Holly Sider Smith

Holly Sider Smith

In 1959 I was in the first grade at College Hill Elementary School…

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Susan MacNeil Susan MacNeil

Susan MacNeil

Royal Children of English History was published in 1896….

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Carol Kanter Carol Kanter

Carol Kanter

Engaged at 22, my education had not prepared me to “keep house....”

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