Category: Essays

by Danny Adcock Grey skies scurry South as if they have somewhere to be, and are in a hurry to get there. The sea is still some way off even though I am several...

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Jenna Gersie I spent a year under the gaze of wild birds. At first, I couldn’t look into their eyes, out of respect. Slowly, I gained their trust, and they ...

by Stephanie V Sears It is a short flight between Cuzco and Puerto Maldonado in Peru yet the contrast is drastic, almost surreal between the severe Andean slope...

by Margi Prideaux We are standing on the back porch. Dawn light where we live is always beautiful. Most mornings the paddocks reflect a golden tone that undulat...

by Margi Prideaux From behind came a sound, swish, phwom, swish, phnom. My heart fluttered inside my chest. Could it be what I had been hoping for since the fir...

by Michael Engelhard The scene on the highway’s exit ramp caught me off guard. A stout woman, in her sixties perhaps, with glasses and frizzy brown hair, dresse...

by JoeAnn Hart White caps rolled in sideways from the ocean, little waves hello from a storm tossing around in the Bahamas. A chill wind pushed a mist over Port...

by Danielle Clode As the plane tilts on its final descent, a sharp gasp is drawn in unison from the passengers as we catch an unexpected glimpse of our destinat...