Haiku
In Roller Derby. . . . a special name for floor burn from fishnet stockings.
The Fifth Dentist
Sliding into the reclining chair, I notice Animal Planet on the ceiling-mounted television. Some man wielding a tranquilizer gun has taken down an Alaskan bull moose. I’m almost drawn in, but the hygienist, garbed in germless gloves and goggles politely requests I open wide so she can descend down my masticating mineshaft to scrape, sandblast,
Christmas Heroes
Every year, people debate whether stores should close on Thanksgiving and Christmas so retail workers can spend time with their families. I don’t feel qualified to weigh in on that issue. I’m just grateful that doctors, nurses, nursing home CNAs, and first responders report for duty, pilots and flight attendants still fly the (often not-so)
Commemorating Armistice Day: The WWI Diary of A.J. Ebert
(In honor of Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary the armistice ending the Great War I, I publish the WWI diary of Albert J. Ebert. The late Mr. Ebert was my husband’s grandfather and served in France in 1918 and 1919. He enlisted in the navy but found himself in the trenches pulling infantry duty.
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This One Time at Band Camp by Shannon Johnston
Shannon Johnston grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is currently attending Pikes Peak Community College. She is currently planning on majoring in economics or accounting, but she is also thinking about applying to veterinary school. Her passions are music, animals, and writing. In “This One Time at Band Camp,” Shannon discusses all the hard
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Feminist Dystopia: A Perspective from the Working Class
We are living in a feminist dystopia. Nobody has more independent woman street cred than yours truly, the Academic Redneck. I traveled the world by myself in my twenties. I waited to marry until I was in my mid-thirties. Now in my fifties, I am child-free by choice. I never had an abortion, but I
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