Memories Make a Home

By Sharen McArthur, Editor     Making memories in our new home…       In the early morning hours of the days before we moved to our current home, I lay awake and listened to the sounds my house made. Some sounds I could never place; others told me sweet stories. I heard a creak in the… Continue reading Memories Make a Home

Path

BY JANE MARSTON, ATHENS, GEORGIA      IN AUGUST OF 1988, I found myself planning a return move to Athens, Georgia, having taught for one year at Mercer University in Macon. On the eve of vacating the apartment I’d been renting, I hoped against hope I’d have no trouble transporting my cat, a five-year-old gray tabby. Flash—so… Continue reading Path

The Script of My Life

BY SHAREN MCARTHUR, EDITOR THE UNEXPLAINED, THE SUDDEN, THE UNEXPECTED – these are the things that fill the soul, making thick, delicious ruminations. One such incident happened on a sunny Saturday morning, not to me, but to my husband and daughters. Driving down the road about a mile from our house in an older section… Continue reading The Script of My Life

an unusual companion on my life journey

By Sharen McArthur, editor NESTLED  AMONG pennies, dimes, and quarters in my wallet is a cool, smooth rock.  An unusual companion on my life journey, it has lived in my wallet since I was a teenager, a tenant that I cannot evict. Quiet and unassuming, it is a part of my life that is nonsensical… Continue reading an unusual companion on my life journey