Mostly Personal Essays Most of these essays are about personal experiences. Click on the essay title, go to essay. Click on the authors’ name, go to their bio pages and a complete list of their essays. New Years Resolutions or Lies We Tell Ourselves......... John W. Pinkerton Night to Day: the Transition.... John W. Pinkerton No Apocalypse: Off to Work......... John W. Pinkerton No Day Like Today..........Michael O’Brien Not a Chance from the Get-Go......... John W. Pinkerton Notes on Turning 60..........Michael O’Brien Nuttin’ Honey..........Jay Brakefield Oh, Yeah...and I Had a Heart Attack......... John W. Pinkerton Old Photos......... John W. Pinkerton On Turning 70......... John W. Pinkerton One Less Pillar..........Michael O’Brien Onward and Upward to Hospice......... John W. Pinkerton Oops, I’m a Collector......... John W. Pinkerton Open Letter to the Class of ’60......... John W. Pinkerton Outside Dog......... Bill Tune Overhaulin..........Michael O’Brien People......... John W. Pinkerton ...People Come into Our Lives.............Michael O’Brien Perplexed..........Corky Cummings Pitchers and Catchers..........Michael O’Brien Place......... John W. Pinkerton Purls of Wisdom: How Learning to Knit Changed My Life.........Samantha Demont Preacher......... John W. Pinkerton Racing the Sun..........Michael O’Brien Remembering..........Michael O’Brien Remembering Lonnie..........Michael O’Brien Remembering Your Ghosts.........Bob Pankey Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say..........Michael O’Brien Scraps of High School Memories......... John W. Pinkerton Seams..........Michael O’Brien Senior Status......... John W. Pinkerton Settling......... John W. Pinkerton Shallow John......... John W. Pinkerton Slapped by Facebook......... John W. Pinkerton Smart People..........Corky Cummings Sneezes......... John W. Pinkerton Somerville Car Memories..........Corky Cummings Somerville School Memories.......... Corky Cummings Sourdough Bread and LED Light Bulbs.........Bob Hurt Spoons......... John W. Pinkerton Spring.......... Michael O’Brien Spring and Such..........Michael O’Brien Star Gazing..........Corky Cummings Stephen Hawkins without the Brain......... John W. Pinkerton Still Got My Compass......... John W. Pinkerton Stuff I Miss......... John W. Pinkerton Suite for Cello No. 1 in G Major.......... Michael O’Brien Sultry......... John W. Pinkerton Sunrise and Liturgical Axis: Memory and Holiday..........Michael O’Brien Susi.........Bob Hurt Tales from the Road: Whiskey and Crackers in a Broke-down RV on Highway 61..........Jay Brakefield Thanks, Mate......... John W. Pinkerton The Bee Man Cometh......... John W. Pinkerton The Best Medicine......... Bill Tune The Bevish and Other Ways to Goomberdock......... John W. Pinkerton The Don Quixote of Donkeys......... John W. Pinkerton The DQ......... John W. Pinkerton The Graduate.........Bob Pankey The Kiwi Man......... John W. Pinkerton The Long Forgotten Letter.........Robin Avery The New Year..........Michael O’Brien The Passing of a Loved One.........Steve Branch The PO-lice......... John W. Pinkerton The Perfect Crime......... John W. Pinkerton the shortest day...the longest night..........Michael O’Brien The Smells Are Back.......... John W. Pinkerton The Super 8 Lifestyle.........Grady Arnold The Wonderfulness of the Moment.......... John W. Pinkerton The Zodiac and Me.......... John W. Pinkerton Thinking of Sleep..........Michael O’Brien Throw Pillows.......... Chip Hill Tis But a Scratch .......... John W. Pinkerton Transitions......... Bill Tune Trust Me.........Sue Ann Lockert To Be (a recycler) or Not To Be......... Bill Tune Top Ten Dead Folks......... John W. Pinkerton two eggs over easy..........Michael O’Brien Uh...Bad News and More Bad News......... John W. Pinkerton Weather......... John W. Pinkerton Well Known People.......... Corky Cummings Vacationing and Home..........Michael O’Brien Vacations.......... John W. Pinkerton Visit to the DMV.......... Corky Cummings Wanderlust.......... John W. Pinkerton What Are You Waiting For?......... Bill Tune What Do You Say to a Dying Friend? What Should I Wear to a Nuclear Holocaust? All my Friends Will Be There .........Jay Brakefield When Did I Get Old?.......... Corky Cummings When You Get to the Fork in the Road...Take It..........Michael O’Brien Where’s My Theme Music?.......... John W. Pinkerton Winter Blues.........Rhonda Wheeler Cook ...Without Saying Goodbye..........Michael O’Brien World/Local Travel.......... Corky Cummings You’re Not Funny......... Bill Tune You’re Not the Boss of Me......... John W. 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