More Than a Symbol Lee Murray You see it everywhere, our U.S. flag. On billboards, T-shirts, adorning buildings including the White House, and featured prominently at government offices and at military ceremonies. But what does our venerable flag mean? Many would call it a symbol, a banner representing our country. But it’s really much more…
Tag: Writers’ Group
June 2025, Clubs & Classes
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group – June 2025
Be Wild Sandy Ilsen You’ve made your contribution, And watched all your p’s and q’s. To uphold the institution, You worked hard and paid your dues. You’ve lived your life unswerving, Without a snag or a hitch. Now you are most deserving, To make a positive switch. Relax your inhibitions, Put practicality on hold. Turn…
May 2025, Clubs & Classes
Writers’ Group – May 2025
Ho’oponopono Lani Matsu-Zovein As a writer, she knew that telling stories of her life experiences, sharing her core values, and inviting them to see into her soul was the legacy she wanted to leave for her family. And so it was when she remembered the Hawaiian phrase, “Ho’oponopono,” a magical part of her heritage she…
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
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…
March 2025, Clubs & Classes
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…
Clubs & Classes, February 2025
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group – February 2025
The Best of Things Lee Murray For as long as many of us can remember, Christmas was the special holiday when as kids, barely able to sleep the night before, anticipation almost unbearable, we waited to see what things Santa left for us when we awakened in the early morning. To young children, Santa is…
October 2024, Clubs & Classes
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group – October 2024
Book or Movie First? Barbara Schwartz This is a very important question for all of us. Which is better to do: read a book or watch the movie made from the book? First case in point: I recently read a very interesting and somewhat captivating book called Lessons in Chemistry. It was easy reading and…
September 2024, Clubs & Classes
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group – September 2024
The Good Old Red, White, and Blue Barbara Schwartz Way back in the “ole days” when I was a youngish married woman with a couple of kids, there was a public park in the middle of the city where we lived. The city was a big city with a small-town feel. In the fall, there…
August 2024, Clubs & Classes
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…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
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…