by Ian Grove (14 yrs) Beyond the boundaries of this Earth, And past the bright blue sky, Lie many wonders unimaginable, By any one mind’s eye. But in the dark sky men have seen, Since they first gazed into the night, The Creator’s magnificent handiwork, Shining ever so bright. In recent times, we have progressed, […]

I live in the Southern United States, where we see a few inches of snow each winter if we’re lucky. Having grown up in Massachusetts, I do miss the blanket of white so bright it hurts your eyes. Adults love to complain about the inconvenience caused by a big snowfall, but those first few snowflakes […]

For those of you who have enjoyed our Friday Shorts segment, I have some baddish news. Please, both of you, have a seat. We’re going to be doing it a bit less. Maybe a lot less. I had high hopes for SW Shorts, and I had dreams of many wonderful things we could do with […]

In a writing class last fall, my teacher asked the class to recall a smell from our past. We then followed the memory wherever it took us. I was amazed at how vividly things came back to us. We were made with such a powerful sense of smell, inevitably tied to thought and memory. What […]

Art by Zach Franzen — The Dining Habits of Polonius Wheeler By S. D. Smith THERE was a large giant who lived in the woods, His name was Polonius Wheeler. He mostly was nice, just a singular vice, He sometimes became a sheep-stealer. Wheeler rolled in, nonchalant, to the meadow, And much to the shepherd’s […]