First Love Why is it, after rain, that Peonies transform to blowsy bimbos? Widower This spring he returned. Are there singles clubs for swans?…

More Flags, More Fun It’s not your grandfather’s park. It’s not Fenway Park or Franklin Park or Norumbega Park or Coney Island. It’s Hell…

The top of the stairs He watched her walk away. He didn’t know her. She didn’t know him. And there she went. Out of…

Costa Rican girl (Photo by Ellen Harasimowicz) Monarch caterpillar and chryslis (Photo by Ellen Harasimowicz)…

Snapping turtle (Photo by Laura Johnson)…

Deer grazing on Brown Road. (Photo by A. Marilyn Laux)…

The Man from Gloucester There once was a man from Gloucester who loved to eat his lobster. His wife was ravenous, devoured the homarus,…

Web Master Tangled, Silken threads. Spun, Tourniquet. Stung, oblivion. Masticate, Arachnoid. The Way Woulda … Shoulda … Coulda … Buddha —Marilyn Strong, Old Littleton…

“Renaissance Reflections” (Photo by Carol Lee Tonge) Osprey with prey, Sanibel Island, Florida. (Photo by Carol Lee Tonge)…