Tag: Writers’ Group

Writers’ Group – April 2025

The Words I Share Kris Szlauko There are words deep inside of me. Words that share my inner strength. My words are cautiously strong and beg to be free. I find my courage within those words. I choose my words with utmost care. Each utterance is a piece of my soul that I am willing…

Writers’ Group – March 2025

Sixteen Hands and Sixteen Feet Kris Szlauko Sixteen hands and sixteen feet connected to childlike faces, can put an older sister through her paces. Six boys with two outnumbered girls kept my teenage years constantly in a whirl. Hands, small and smaller, belonged to lots of short people and a few who were taller. My…

Writers’ Group – August 2024

Retired, Recycled Ernest D’Godor It shouldn’t have come as any surprise that upon retiring I would have to reinvent myself. But like going back to diapers, an inevitable fate of age, I found myself confounded at the end of every month trying to figure out where my retirement money was slipping away to. It certainly…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group – July 2024

The 4th of July George Stahl The 4th of July, 1776, is not the only day America was born. We have gone through the pangs of being reborn several times in 248 years. After the Revolutionary War it wasn’t all roses for the new nation. There were large monetary debts hanging over our heads, families…

Writers’ Group – March 2024

Telephone Ruby Regina Witcraft Just in time, and as I was sensing a writer’s block, the phone rang. Not being one to miss an opportunity, I decided to write on my, not so good, relationship with the phone. It was my best friend when inviting a caller to join a riding class in horsemanship but…

Writer’s Group – December 2023

Optimism Check Kris Szlauko Is your glass half empty or half full? Our lives are so busy, especially during the holidays that we rarely have time or the desire to do a sanity check on our state of mind or emotional state. We spend most of November and December on autopilot going through all of…

Writers’ Group

You’ve Got Trouble George Stahl There is a song in the musical, The Music Man called, “Ya Got Trouble!” It’s about the evils that can come out of playing pool, in a billiard room, or worse yet, a pool hall. It warns how young men can get wrapped up in all sorts of illicit things…