By Mary L. Gardner CNY Branch   Being Clear There’s not a follicle of truth in a colleague’s chronicled memoir that observing a tropical botanical requires a monocle.   Footnotes ... Read more

Patricia Doyne Diablo-Alameda Branch, California     (Based on Giraphics by muralist Dan Fontes)   Whoosh! The freeway overpass pulses with cars, pick-ups, buses, big-rigs, motorcycles. All day they speed ... Read more

Mary Joan Meagher Minnesota Branch   The present tense is tricky When the one you love No longer is But has become a was. Existence is measured in moments. Moments ... Read more

Christina Laurie Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts    When the serpent beckoned Eve and she tasted the ripe softness of the pink fruit from the forbidden tree, she felt the energy ... Read more

  Dr. Carmen Meadows Atlanta Branch     Carefree days outside I played  Come cloud or sun I’d laugh and run   To see bugs crawl or scale a wall ... Read more

Patricia J. Dennis Santa Clara County Branch, California   A mansion set back White pillars standing tall   Framed by trees guarding all Luscious greens so alive Glistening clean after ... Read more

Nancy Haskett Modesto Branch, California   On our way to shop at the sutlers’ tents, we pass through the artillery camp, horses lined up on our left, each one almost ... Read more

  Joy A. Burki-Watson Member-at-large   I wanted release so I sought it, I worked in the South as a slave, Freedom took plenty of forethought and more than a ... Read more