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Doris Allebach

Remembering the Summer of 1947December 2009

Evert Bartholomew

My First Votes for PresidentDecember 2009

Gordon Beckhart

My Short Career as a Hitler JugendDecember 2011
Nature’s Frisbees on Old Cape CodJune 2012
Jingle BellsDecember 2012
A Tale of Two CulturesJune 2013

Ralph Berglund

Morning Fog on the BayDecember 2012

Lori Berliner

Funeral PyreDecember 2006
Petals and ThornsDecember 2006
Ally, AlienJune 2007
MeJune 2007
Nighttime Petals and ThornsDecember 2007
ExodusJune 2008

Beth Bogie

If Only To Be FreeJune 2011

Wil Britten

Back to MommyDecember 2012

Bill Brown

A HaikuJune 2013

Stanley Brush

Then and NowJune 2006
Alone – A StoryJune 2007
Chiggers on the ChagresJune 2008
Googly DiplomacyDecember 2008
The Window Treatment QuestionDecember 2009
South Jersey Summer SkyJune 2010
Who Cares?December 2010
The AffairDecember 2010
Remembering Iman HusainJune 2011
Requiem for CuriosityJune 2013
Reflections of a Married CoupleDecember 2013

Todd Butler

Lost in FlorenceJune 2005
Christmas in AlgiersDecember 2005
Mr. CleanJune 2007
Escapade in MexicoDecember 2007
From the Diary that I Carry AroundDecember 2011

Sally Burrowes

Red ShoesJune 2005
Pride of AgeJune 2005
What Is a Shadow?December 2005

Kay Cooley

A Fiery EpitaphJune 2006
Improving ThingsJune 2009
GoldieDecember 2009
How a Cane Changed My WorldJune 2014
Having a Good DayDecember 2015

John Cosgrove

L’AméricainDecember 2023

Gwen Crawley

The Sad Saga of One Plastic BagJune 2008

Rose Cruikshank

Trash or Treasure?December 2006

Chris Darlington

Ode to BridgetownDecember 2005
In My Imaginary GardenDecember 2006
The Sliding BoardDecember 2006
The Mask Of TutankhamenJune 2007
A Shy Troubadour’s LamentJune 2007
Small ThingsDecember 2006
Not to See You Face to FaceDecember 2007
Maisie Martin and Aerodrome CaféJune 2008
My Lost HolidayDecember 2008
Let Nature Be Our TeacherDecember 2008
Portrait in Blue and WhiteDecember 2008
Final VictoryJune 2009
The GiftJune 2009
My First Cat ShowDecember 2009
Scoutmaster ExtraordinaryJune 2010
Cottage and Me (1997)June 2010
Sing Ye Heavens SingDecember 2010
Sigeward Barn, A Medieval Tale of FaithDecember 2010
An Unsolved MysteryJune 2011
Perils of a Roman HousewifeDecember 2011
A Cabin in the PinesJune 2012
Cleansing Mind and MouthDecember 2012
Hannah and EmmaJune 2013
Table for TwoDecember 2013
IndulgenceDecember 2013
In the Hills Above Athens: An IdyllJune 2014
Overland StationDecember 2014
The Whinny at My WindowJune 2015
Prinsengracht 263June 2015
DecemberDecember 2015
Clambake: Or, The Day I Knew I Was an Adopted ChildJune 2016
Bader HouseJune 2017
LightningDecember 2017
Pride ManhattanJune 2018
Let’s Rock and RollDecember 2018
Star TravelerDecember 2018
We KnowDecember 2019

Bobbie Del Prete

Ode to Crispy CritterDecember 2021

Dunbar Denham

GrammawJune 2008
AleeneJune 2009
A Nest in NovemberDecember 2009

Steve Denham

PlayJune 2007
Cat NapJune 2007
BirthJune 2007
The Hangar DeckDecember 2007

Walter Dennen

My First KissJune 2017
BarneyDecember 2017

Janet de Vry

Why I MarchedJune 2017

Walter Dow

Old Bert and IJune 2022

Bob Edelson

Driving RainJune 2018, page 3
WhitecapsDecember 2018, page 24
A Christmas CarolDecember 2018, page 35
SpringboksDecember 2019, page15
PlastiglomerateDecembert 2019, page33
Fall, Falling, FallenJune 2020, page 12
I Need RepairJune 2020, page 22
The CarillonerDecember 2020, page 6
TreesDecember 2020, page 32
HInged June 2021, page 7
Numbers June 2021, page 14
Hindsight is 2020December 2021, page 8
ResourcesDecember 2021, page 33
The President’s Airplane June, 2022 page 16
From St. Benedict’s Rule June, 2022 page 40
A Minor Mystery December 2022, page 23
EpidemicsDecember 2022, page 35
He SeesJune 2023, page 14
Sea-Fevered: Sixth GradeJune 2023 page 24
No TiimeDecember 2023 page 6
Worlds OverlappingDecember 2023 page 28

Kit Ellenbogen

The Big Role ReversalJune 2017

Edith Young Ellis

EternityJune 2005
One Summer DayJune 2005
HighlightDecember 2006
A Pet ThoughtDecember 2006

Laura Farr

Letters from the PastJune 2005
VisitsJune 2007
The ParadeDecember 2007
The Lone DolphinDecember 2008
I’m Too BusyJune 2009

Helen Flynn

Almost a Coalminer’s DaughterJune 2006
My Special TreeDecember 2011
AwakeningDecember 2012

Edward (Ping) Folwell

JourneyJune 2007

Harry Forrest

What’s in a Name?June 2017
The Artillery SergeantJune 2020
A Dubious Greeting December 2020
Search for a Cure June 2021
Weight Gainer’s LamentDecember 2021
Communication Woes June 2022
‘rap Me Up Some of That To GoDecember 2022, page 28

Stefan S. Frank

A New York StoryJune 2010
A Night in RegensburgDecember 2010
Evil MarieJune 2011
My Father, the ImmigrantDecember 2011
NineJune 2013
A Passage to CitizenshipDecember 2013
First TasteDecember 2014
WeddingsJune 2015
Evil WaterDecember 2015
The Power of CarpoolsDecember 2016
Machines Don’t LieDecember 2017
VoicelessJune 2018
The Smoke TableDecember 2018

Ruth Gage

Right to the DoorDecember 2008
Something to Tell Your GandchildrenJune 2010
Learning to SkiDecember 2012
PolioJune 2013
Aftermath: The Owl and the PussycatDecember 2014
London BritchesJune 2017
Appropriate EducationDecember 2019
The BalloonDecember 2020
A Visit to God’s HotelDecember 2022, page 3

Molly Gayley

Summer HaikuJune 2019
November NightDecember 2019
SpringJune 2020
The BalconyDecember 2022, page 8

Alan Gaylord

Let’s Go to the MoviesJune 2007
How I Did Not Help to Win WW IIDecember 2008
Men at the DoorstepJune 2009
Samples of “Amazing Grace”December 2010

Gil Goering

GerhardDecember 2005

Anita Goldworth

Noodles-out-of-MacaroniJune 2005

Yolanda Guastavino

Once Upon a PoemDecember 2015
Changes AheadJune 2016

Eric Hahn

Isaac NewtonJune 2018
The Wonderful ZeroDecember 2023 page 21

Hannelore Hahn

Seventieth Anniversary of WWIIDecember 2015
The Dark Side of The Merry WidowJune 2016
Music in the Third Riech: Carl Orff and Carmina BuranaDecember 2016
Existential ThinkingJune 2017
Emigre WritersDecember 2017
Reflections on Life in the PandemicDecember 2020

Ed Hann

Choices, ChoicesJune 2022
Teach Us to Number Our DaysJune 2023

Nan Hanslowe

Aunt Eula’s DreamDecember 2017

Marian Hartman

BoxesJune 2008
ImpressionsJune 2008

Neil Hartman

Seagoing CowboysJune 2006
KoopDecember 2013

Sandy Heath

A Trip to the HospitalDecember 2009
What Mother SaidJune 2018

Herb Heineman

View from the TrainJune 2005
Nice of You to Say So, ButJune 2007
The PrayerDecember 2007
The ProposalDecember 2007
StillbornJune 2009
A Philadelphia StoryDecember 2009
A Mother and Her ChildrenJune 2011
A PilgrimageJune 2012
Her Last TaskJune 2013
To Love’s MessengerDecember 2013
A Pilgrimage, Part IIDecember 2013
Words for a Sacred PlaceJune 2014
Tuesday MorningJune 2014
The Big BangDecember 2014
Hymenoptera, Headwear, and the HereafterJune 2015
Memory, Long Term and ShortDecember 2015
No Tears in Small Claims CourtDecember 2015
The WallJune 2016
My Pet PeeveJune 2016
A Nature WalkDecember 2019
R.I.P.December 2022, page 39

Maggie Heineman

Cousin SallyDecember 2019

Bill Heisler

Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender BeJune 2012

Pat Heller-Dow

There Once Was a Gal From Cape MayJune 2011
In My MindJune 2012

Elizabeth W. Hicks

UntitledDecember 2013
UntitledJune 2014
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UntitledJune 2015
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UntitledJune 2016
UntitledDecember 2016
UntitledJune 2017
UntitledDecember 2017
UntitledJune 2018
UntitledDecember 2018

Robert Hill

CranesJune 2013
Southwest Virginia, 1958December 2013

Holly Hoffman

Latte – A Cat TaleJune 2023
The Great Molasses FloodDecember 2023
Grandmother to GrandmotherDecember 2007
AltheaJune 2008
Writers Class AssignmentDecember 2009
Consider the LiliesDecember 2010

Janet Jackson-Gould

Thanksgiving for a Wild TurkeyDecember 2013

Irene Jones

ChoicesDecember 2015
Kindnesses MultiplyDecember 2016

Doris Kahley

Don’t Smile Until ChristmasDecember 2016
AchievementJune 2017
Purple FeelingDecember 2017
UntitledJune 2018

Kitty Katzell

You Grew Up in India?June 2014

Ernest Kaufman

My HobbyJune 2019

Louisa Khanlian

A Young Teenager Looks at the Civil Rights MovementJune 2021

Martin Klaver

No News in the NewsroomJune 2009

Sarah Klos

The Hurricane of 1938June 2005
The KipDecember 2005
The Proofreader’s LamentJune 2006
Catastro FeeJune 2006
CatalogsDecember 2006
They Also Serve Who Only Stand and WaitDecember 2007
Inauspicious Beginning of an Avid Movie FanJune 2008
No Other Year the SameJune 2009
A Spectacular Trip with Added AttractionsDecember 2009
CategoriesDecember 2010
My Gettysburg AddressDecember 2011
CatacombsJune 2012
Seven Myths of RetirementDecember 2012
CatapultJune 2013
My HeroJune 2014

Sumiko Kobayashi

SequesteredJune 2006
TapasJune 2009

Joyce Koch

The Lady in RedDecember 2016
Terror in the NightJune 2017
Fortune Cookie PredictionDecember 2017
Funny How Life Turns OutJune 2018
Water PlayDecember 2019
Martha and her ChickenJune 2022

Judith A. Kruger

Fireplace New Year’s Eve 1993June 2013
From the Journal of My First Year at Medford LeasJune 2014
In the TradesJune 2016
American ValuesDecember 2016
DanielJune 2017
Long August EvesDecember 2018
Tag Sale December 2019
NamesDecember 2020
Experiencing Covid TimeDecember 2021
Notes from the First YearJune 2023 page 27

Cecelia Lane

ObedienceJune 2021

Tom Lang

Christmases PastDecember 2006

Margery Larabe

Breaking Free

Elizabeth Larose

Poem from JupiterDecember 2022, page 22
Villanelle for AdeleDecember 2023 page 37

Barbara Lassen

We Were Cruising AlongJune 2011

Charles Lassen

The Happy WarriorJune 2010
How I Became MVPDecember 2010

Bill LeConey

My Friend DavidDecember 2009

Dave Lewis

Harry’s TreeJune 2015

Patricia Lowe

Memories of My FamilyJune 2005
Minuit des AbeillesDecember 2005
Nighttime ThoughtsDecember 2006

Jim McConville

My Short Boxing CareerDecember 2006

Pete McCord

EpiphanyDecember 2007
KowalskiJune 2008
Growing RadishesJune 2008
Considering Only Wise MenDecember 2008
CommunionDecember 2008
Walter JohnsonDecember 2008
LaGreccaJune 2009
A Cardinal’s DeathJune 2009
The Light in Her WindowDecember 2009
Going BackDecember 2009
“Fullerbrushman!”June 2010
LostJune 2010
When I First BelievedDecember 2010
A Wild FlowerDecember 2010
PhotographsJune 2011
“Hold Still or I’ll Cut Your Ear Off!”June 2011
It’s Gonna SnowDecember 2011
A Time of GriefDecember 2011
PerfectionJune 2012
Estre’s ShoreJune 2012
Journeying Into the WoodsDecember 2012
How a Salami Sandwich Changed Philadelphia HistoryJune 2016
A Universal Sadness?June 2017

Joan McKeon

The ArrangerDecember 2009
Doctor of the PinesDecember 2011
If Lear Lived HereJune 2012
Did You Say Dior?June 2013

Howard McKinney

Song of the LandJune 2005
Palo Duro CanyonJune 2006
Super NovaJune 2008
Day on the RiverDecember 2008
EulogyJune 2009
Cherry BlossomDecember 2013

Eleanor Merrick

AutumnDecember 2005

Sally Miller

GeneticsDecember 2007
DepressionDecember 2007
MeditationDecember 2007

ML Writers Group

Reminiscences of GrandparentsDecember 2017
People Who Have Stood Out in Our LivesDecember 2022, page 30

Joy Moll

Season’s EndDecember 2007

Geno Mori

What’s in a Number?December 2021
A Pony Ride to ForgetJune 2022
Tales of the Pasta PotJune 2023, page 6

Cynthia Mott

Scenes from ChildhoodDecember 2012
Being YoungDecember 2015

Joseph Neil

Lost NationDecember 2012

Jean Nicholson

Memory Theater in CaliforniaJune 2006
Sculptures of the DesertDecember 2006
The CricketDecember 2008
TriptychJune 2010
As Time Goes ByDecember 2011
KaleidoscopeDecember 2013

Jack Osborn

A Trip to RememberJune 2018

Gus Owens

My First DanceJune 2005
Spring SuiteJune 2006

Arnold Page

Baby Birds RescuedDecember 2023

Cynthia Page

Good Morning, CountJune 2020
HairDecember 2020
Zoological Thoughts June 2023, page 31

Martha Palmer

Remembering WhenDecember 2005
A Miracle At LastDecember 2009

Ben Paradee

Seniors Invade Army War CollegeJune 2012

Betsy Pennink

What I Never Knew About Tropical FishJune 2023

John Pere

Armour CulinaireDecember 2016

Charles Perrone

Baccalaureate for Signorina ZeettiDecember 2014
A European EducationDecember 2014
The Beggar and the BakerJune 2015
For LarissaDecember 2015
Borgo Gorgiolano, Citta della PievevJune 2016
For Gracie LaneDecember 2016
For LarissaJune 2023 page 5
My Mother’s SmileDecember 2023 page 1

Jeanette Peterson

Driving Through MemoriesDecember 2021
Mukluks and UmiaksDecember 2022, page 12

Al Pfeiffer

A Sailing MisadventureDecember 2006

William Pickering

Saurian SongsDecember 2006
RequiemDecember 2006
Reruns and RetreatJune 2007
Word PlayDecember 2007
Albert RossDecember 2008
Some Doings on Connaught CircusDecember 2009
Choosing ColorsJune 2012

Dorothy Pierce

Sunset on the Back PorchDecember 2005

Elizabeth Platt

Baubles, Bangles, and BeadsJune 2008

Ruth Podolin

ResistanceJune 2018
RenewalJune 2021
April 19December 2022, page 15

Edith R. Pray

A Kimono for KazukoJune 2005
WallsJune 2005
Grandmother’s Rocking ChairDecember 2005
The Ghost of Osprey PointJune 2006
C.O.D.December 2006
AffirmationsJune 2007
The Book FairyDecember 2007
The Eagle and the AstronautJune 2008
Kindred SpiritsJune 2009
The KeyJune 2010
Going With the GrainJune 2011
Let’s ChatJune 2012
The LegacyJune 2013
BoxesJune 2014
Too Busy to Stop LivingJune 2015

Gene Raup

TautiraJune 2012

Allyn Rickett

For Better or For WorseJune 2005

Lois Rickett

Hidden BeautyJune 2005

Jean Ricketts

The Balloon RideJune 2021
HaikuJanuary 2022
How I learned to Love BaseballJune 2022

Kathy Riley

My Romance with the New Jersey TurnpikeJune 2018
Unwelcome Visitors at LumbertonDecember 2018
RachelDecember 2019
Yoga SagaDecember 2019
Below ExpectationsJune 2020
Self IsolationJune 2020
Zoom DoggerelDecember 2020
Arboretum WoesDecember 2020
RepairsJune 2021
Squirrel Solutions December 2021
The Survey June 2022
Santa’s LIttle HelpersDecember 2022, page 40
Curious and CuriouserJune 2023 page 34
Of Mice and MeDecember 2023 page 17

Coles Roberts

My First Model ADecember 2012

Edith Roberts

Bergen to OsloDecember 2015
SabbathDecember 2015
Dad’s Pipe SmokeJune 2016
The Final ExtravaganceDecember 2016
Holy is the Meeting HouseDecember 2016
The Old Beech TreeJune 2017
The Curly Maple DeskJune 2017
There is Never SilenceDecember 2017
RainJune 2018
WindowsJune 2018
Philadelphia Weekend WorkcampsDecember 2018
A Song of PeaceDecember 2019
And You Thought Dragons Didn’t ExistJune 2020
Down at the End of the Street June 2020
Great Aunt HarrietDecember 2020
War and Peace: Life on the PorchJune 2021
The Tulip Tree at 50 EuclidJune 2022
Memories of Africa: Wild HOneyDecember 2022, page 11
Fireside Book of Folk SongsJune 2023 page 18
Joy in Each OtherDecember 2023 page 38

Gail Romberger

Tone PoemsDecember 2017
PerspectiveDecember 2017
Northward, With BaggageDecember 2018

George Rubin

ColumbiaJune 2005
When the Gloves Came OffDecember 2005
The V.A. HospitalDecember 2005
Columbia Flies AgainJune 2006
Piano Concerto in B Flat MinorJune 2007
Sand CastlesJune 2008
The Wings of MorningDecember 2009
A Moment of HappinessDecember 2010
A Time to RememberDecember 2011
Letters HomeDecember 2012
The AwakeningDecember 2013
A Conversation at McSorley’sJune 2014
The Letters – A Love StoryDecember 2014
Stories from the UndergroundJune 2015
The Tanglewood QuartetDecember 2015
Behind the TV CameraDecember 2016
The DinerDecember 2016
The Pause That RefreshesJune 2017
Room ServiceDecember 2017
The Russians Are HereJune 2018
The Flying ClerkDecember 2018
Reflections On Those Things I Never KnewDecember 2019
How to Make Your Family GrowJune 2020
Black Lives MatterDecember 2020
The V.A. Hospital December 2021
Win, Place, and ShowDecember 2021
We Fly the Big OnesJune 2022
How Do I Get to Carnegie Hall December 2022, page 19
The RussianJune 2023 page 38
London CallingDecember 2023 page 25

Margery Rubin

Night FearsJune 2006
JohnJune 2006
WeekendDecember 2007
PhotosJune 2009
A Self-AssignmentJune 2017

Earl Seely

The Guiding RootsJune 2010
Crystals BalanceJune 2012

Joyce Sichel

Front of the HouseJune 2015
Web of FriendshipsDecember 2015
Hanging OnJune 2016
Happily RetiredDecember 2016
Second ChanceJune 2017
Chinese LanternsJune 2017
Loose CandyDecember 2017
One Got AwayJune 2018
They Square Danced ThenJune 2018
The Most Challenging Job I Ever HadDecember 2018
More Miles, More DiscomfortDecember 2018
Clothing Memories Can Help Unveil the PastDecember 2019
Love in the Time of CovidJune 2020
Good for UsDecember 2020
How My Family Almost Provoked an International Incident December 2021
Shame-Attacking StuntsJune 2022
We Need HugsJune 2022
Let’s Visit Little ThingsDecember 2022, page 36
Make Room for JoyJune 2023, page 1
We Were Those Suckers?June 2023, page 25
Got Body InkDecember 2023, page 10
What It’s Really WorthDecember 2023 page 30

Janet Siler

Who Am IDecember 2022, page 9

Sally Smith

Memorial Day CelebrationsJune 2017

Bea Smolens

The Jersey DevilJune 2007

Frank C. Snope

Taxis from HeavenDecember 2007

John Sommi

If I Were His AgeDecember 2005
It Almost Makes One a BelieverJune 2006
Rabbits, Rabbits, RabbitsDecember 2008
Grey RaidersDecember 2010
Lumberton MusingsJune 2013
Road VoyeurJune 2014
ColumbiaJune 2016
SummertimeJune 2017
Hallelujah!!December 2017
Trip to CaboJune 2022

Grace Spicer Stewart

The Boy Who LivedJune 2005
The Boy Who GraduatedJune 2009

Ellen Stimler

Letters to Walter in AmericaJune 2006
Getting to Love My Mother-in-LawJune 2012

Hana Stranska

Questions, QuestionsJune 2005
L’Hiver A Medford LeasJune 2005
From Bell to CellDecember 2005
Specs and the Single GirlDecember 2005
Orange and Yellow VaseDecember 2006
Departures and ArrivalsDecember 2014

Carol Suplee

This Just InJune 2014

Paula Susan

Unforgettable VermontDecember 2018
Laughing in the Face of AgingDecember 2019
Essence of Spring June 2021
Puff PieceJune 2022

Edith Swallow

Alive with MemoriesJune 2019

Joanne Thomas

An Early LessonDecember 2016
MisunderstoodJune 2018
A Memorable StudyDecember 2018
An Unusual Experience June 2021

Dorothy Tillman

Atlantic QueenJune 2005

Avivah Trost

Music Hath CharmsDecember 2005

M. E. Van DeWater

For the BirdsJune 2013

Helen Vukasin

The SuitcaseJune 2008

Jane Walker

Secret PlaceJune 2008
SistersJune 2008
RibbitDecember 2008
Storm A’ComingJune 2009
Painted SkyJune 2011

Willy Wallendal

An Unforgettable ExperienceJune 2021

Marcy Webster

What Time DoesJune 2011
GrandmothersJune 2012
It Seemed Like a DreamDecember 2012
A Different LanguageJune 2013
The Story of My LifeDecember 2013
Acquired TasteJune 2014
Skin FlicksDecember 2014

Jay Wilder

Travels with JayDecember 2017

Anne Wood

Lucy’s GardenJune 2010

Lili Wronker

Tribute to a NannyDecember 2012
Interactive Viewing in Our Art GalleryDecember 2012
Meine ElternDecember 2013

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