January is haiku month here. We will be publishing them each Wednesday through 1/28. 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.

Bobbie Calhoun Bobbie Calhoun

Bobbie Calhoun

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

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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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Ruth Nuesch Ruth Nuesch

Ruth Nuesch

In Spring 2017, I finally had emptied all the boxes…

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Aubrey Milunsky Aubrey Milunsky

Aubrey Milunsky

On an unlikely street, Cinderella, in a less likely town…

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Susan MacNeil Susan MacNeil

Susan MacNeil

The town of Stockbridge was a must-visit destination…

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Charles Salzberg Charles Salzberg

Charles Salzberg

When I was 12, all I wanted was a reel-to-reel tape recorder…

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Sandra Morris Sandra Morris

Sandra Morris

I was in high school the day I packed three dollars into an envelope…

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Joyce Newcomb Joyce Newcomb

Joyce Newcomb

When I was a child, the sky-blue teapot sat on the counter beside the stove…

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