Posts Tagged by Potsdam
The Good Old Hockey Game
| November 27, 2011 | Posted by Callid under Memoir, Non-Fiction, Writing |
The Good Old Hockey Game Ashley Echols I am six years old and it is my first time walking into the frigid hockey arena. I have my pink backpack over my shoulder, holding tight onto my mom`s warm hand. My dad and brother left us as soon as we parked the car, to go into…
Los Reyes Magos
| November 11, 2011 | Posted by Callid under Memoir, Non-Fiction, Writing |
Los Reyes Magos Vita Ayala When I was a child, January 6th was a big deal. The night before, my mother, brother, and I would buy grass – flowers with green stems that we children called grass – and leave it, along with a bowl of water under our beds for the camels, hoping to…
A Different Kind of Family
| November 11, 2011 | Posted by Callid under Non-Fiction, Writing |
A Different Kind of Family Anonymous I hated that club. I hated it for the soul reason that it forced me to confront my worst fear. I hated it because I wasn’t used to the idea of being a part of such a club. I hated it because I was scared of it. I hated…
Community Piece
| November 10, 2011 | Posted by Callid under Non-Fiction, Placed-Based, Writing |
Community Piece Lisa Cohen For me, I have multiple homes but only one that makes me feel like I’m a part of something bigger – a community. Home, in my life, is wherever my family is and my home is also where I go to school. My family home is split up between my…
Lived Here Long Enough…
| November 10, 2011 | Posted by Callid under Non-Fiction, Placed-Based, Writing |
Lived Here Long Enough… Victoria Levitt I remember calling a moving company when my husband and I were preparing to move here. The man on the other end of the phone said, “That’s pretty far north! Is it even settled up there yet?” I admit that as the twenty-something-year-old wife of a newly minted…
