If I stepped out of my body It was September 3, 1939. Again, today Sarah tried to send a telegram to Agatha. “And the address?” “16 Glendale Drive, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. USA” “There was no Agatha Keplinger at this address last…

Today I went for a hike in a local forest, part of a group of 18 women in celebration of one of us, Cathy, that turned 70 today. It was a 6 mile hike in a beautiful redwood forest with…

If I stepped out of my body, I would gallop away from it, from the part of my brain that has limited my life to the point where I no longer drive, cycle or travel alone. Every weekend I used…

If she stepped out of her body, she no longer felt pain. She saw them working on her, all the blue surgeons, with their machines and robotic arms.

A 77 year old woman- what would I see if I stepped outside my body? Hmmmm……let me think.

Bowing not knowing what. Bella entered Doberitz a twenty-two-year old child. He was from a military family so he loved the army. He was good with his hands and mechanical, so he did odd jobs fixing fishing boats. He was…

There is no Loneliness like Ours Sarah brought tea to Mutti. She sat alone in her study, looking at Nordsee. Mutti’s days had been so busy. For almost twenty years she ran the fish auction. When she walked down the…

I spent most of my life unhappy with who I was. Mostly it was that I weighed too much, even though I was just overweight, but that wasn't all of it. I am biracial and unconsciously wanted to look like…

The dawn broke. The new boys crept from the mud. They scrambled to the barb wire. The met the men who had cycled through the trenches since September. They were no longer boys. The Leutnant gave the order. They bolted…

no one could understand what the Talon wanted. They came, they took, and when they left everyone was gone. No one knew where.

You weren’t there. Food, shelter, clothing you provided, the best you could afford, better than what you lacked. But you weren’t there for afterschool pickup whether because my English was mere babbling to you, or you couldn’t hear over the…