This story, One Monsoon- From a continent away a young Peace Corps worker senses that all is not well back home, appeared in the Fall 2017 edition of Utne Reader. This story is told by Don Messerschmidt. It is his story from his 1964 days as a Peace Corp...
Articles with the Tag life after death
It is that time of year again- Ghosts Anyone!
Halloween will soon be here as if you didn’t know! The signs are everywhere, homes, apartments, stores, and signs. According to one estimate sales are expected to top $9.1 billion dollars. According to one study-45% are believers Aside from the commercial aspect, people seem to embrace ghosts and spirits...
She Wanted To Distract. I Wouldn’t Let Her!
I only called because that nagging voice in my head insisted. Otherwise I might have waited. “How are you doing? ” she wanted to know. “Maybe we will get together next week.” Here was the perfect opening. She continued with all of her 98 years of habits and communication...
She is Looking Forward To A New Adventure
Her name is Florence and sometimes she answers when people call her Flo. She is two years shy of 100 which she will not live long enough to celebrate. Cancer, the disease that took her husband (Norman) and her daughter (Kitty) away, is now circulating in her. She isn’t...