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"A Hollow and Forgotten Place" by Mark K. Marshall
– I found the village of plundered houses strangely peaceful.The broken remains of a swinging bridge across the Gauley, I supposed, had once been someone’s way out. …
S13E11 "Orange Juice and Golf Balls for Free" by Bob Amason
– He wasn’t cheap; he just liked free things.He charged into snake-infested palmetto bushes with gusto, flinging balls out to the fairway like a crazed Walmart shopper on Black Friday.
S13E10 "All God's Children Got Shoes" by Phyllis Castelli
– Going barefoot is fun…if you have shoes in your closet.Even in old age, Mama remembered hopelessly tugging down the faded blue dress, trying to hide her feet.
S13E9 "My Free Soul" by Mary Floyd
I had to hide my secret.Without my bubble, I would cease to live, just blow away like dust.
S13E8 "A Visit with Uncle Gilbert" by Ginny Foard
–He could not send others into dangers that he was not willing to face himself.The locals know that date. They honor it. They value it because it gave them freedoms that they live to this day.Words…
S13E7 "The Green Roach" by A. A. Krombach
– “If you turn around now, I’ll get you home.”A 1955 Chevy Nomad station wagon, her faded, chalky green body panels and acid-etched roof and hood left no doubt as to her ancestry.
S13E6 "A Light in the Tunnel" by Emily Rosen
– There are all kinds of marriages.Freedom is not cheap. And it is never “pure.” Emily Rosen lives in Boca Raton, Florida, where for over 20 years and until her 95th birthday, she instructed…
S13E5 "Free of the Feds" by Phoenicia Miracle
– The cows? The cows were a problem?I walked each check to the bursar's office, fully aware that the cost of my education was far greater than the value of the check.Phoenicia Miracle is originally…
S13E4 "Free Range" by Vicki Easterly
– I am certain we had more fun.There was nothing like the feel of the wind slapping hair in our faces as we leaned out the window and yelled fervent taunts at the opposing cars.Vicki Easterly is a…
S13E3 "Standing By" by Jo McElroy Senecal
– Not so fast, my slowly dying friend!Out there my heart easily held you with the thrum of ancestral music, song, and dance, as consistent as air.A native fish-taco-loving San Diegan, Jo McElroy…
S13E2 "Saints Surprise and How I Learn the Freedom of Speaking Up" by Mary Alice Dixon
“Sister, that sounds like fortune telling. Isn’t that a sin?”What would happen to the rest of us who die swallowing pennies and buttons? But not wanting to be the rooster, I stay silent.Mary Alice…
S13E1 Introduction to "Free" - Vol. 13, Personal Story Publishing Prioject
Freedom and scot-free or freeloader and free-for-allWe acknowledge those blessings and those curses in the stories we tell.
S12E28 "Run On" by Alison Rice Bruster
– I have always told myself I’m not a runner.Race day in November dawned bright and crisp.After a career spent finding the voices of senior business executives, Alison Rice Bruster is writing a new…
S12E27 "Five Minutes More" by Diana Neunkirchner (reprise from Sept 2023)
Diana Neunkirchner is a retired teacher living in Rougemont, North Carolina. An avid reader and writer, she is a member of the Durham Writers Group, the Writers’ Inspirational Network, and the…
S12E26 "Alvin and Mrs. Moody" by Joel Stegall (reprise from Sept 2019)
Not all the lessons learned in school came from our teachers. This is a story of “unarmed power. “As a music professor and academic administrator, Joel Stegall authored more than 35 journal articles,…
S12E25 "Speech Therapy" by Steve Cushman (Reprise from June 2019)
Award-winning writer Steve Cushman reflects on an early experience in parenting his autistic son.Steve Cushman earned an MFA from UNC-Greensboro and has published three novels, including the…
S12E24 "The Orphan Train" by Patricia E. Watts (Reprise from July 2021)
– longing for familySeparated as children, a relentless desire to find one another spawned a frustrating search. Patricia E. Watts lives in Mountville, South Carolina where the love of local and…
S12E23 "Dogwood Johnny" by Mary Alice Dixon (reprise from April 2020)
your wingman with angelsAn engineering prodigy arrives in the South, fascinated with an ancient relic and searching for the aerodynamic laws of angel wings, all the while nurturing his grove of…
S12E22 "An Encounter Beyond the Boundaries" by Janice Luckey - (reprise from October 2021)
—a brush with my bugaboo.A brother’s seeming “betrayal” awakens a loyal kid sister as his fiercest champion and ally.Janice Luckey, who lives in Davidson, North Carolina, is a member of the Write On!…
S12E21 "Open Mouth, Insert Footlong Garden Hose" by Nick Sipe (reprise)
— You durn foolWaves of hot lava washed down my throat, past my lungs, and hit my stomach like an acid avalanche.By day, Nick Sipe works as a mild-mannered IT manager for a Fortune 150 company. By…
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