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"Sitting Through Green" by Jamie Cheshire
April 13, 2024 09:00 - 7 minutes - 8.22 MBFascinated with every big and little thing, Jamie Cheshire has long been an avid student of design and structure. Having worked together with giants, he has had the extreme good fortune to practice his craft for most of the last four decades and has seen his work appear nationally and in several countries on three continents. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with his beloved feral, hippie-chick wife, their three dogs and two cats. Deeply committed to the ordinary, he is constantly ...
"From Mudville to Joy Ville" by Mary Alice Dixon
April 10, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBMary Alice Dixon is a Pushcart nominee, award-winning poet and former finalist for the NC Poetry Society Poet Laureate Award. Her writing is in five PSPP anthologies, in Braided Way, County Lines, Kakalak, Main Street Rag, Pinesong, and elsewhere. Her poetry will appear on NC Poetry Society posters in 2024. Mary Alice lives in Charlotte, NC where she teaches a Hospice Grief Writing Workshop for the bereaved. Her course includes found poems, tears, laughter, peppermint candy and plenty of blu...
"Going on 3" by Annette L. Brown
April 06, 2024 09:00 - 8 minutes - 10.1 MBAnnette L. Brown is a mother, wife, and retired teacher, who lives on an almond farm in Central California where she enjoys spending time with family and friends. She is grateful for the support of The Taste Life Twice Writers and The Light Makers’ Society and for simply having time to write. Annette has pieces reflecting her love of nature, family, beauty, and humor in several publications including Cathexis Northwest Press, Last Stanza Poetry, Flash Fiction Magazine, Every Day Fiction, and...
"Two Minutes and Eighteen Seconds" by Richard L. Davis
April 03, 2024 19:11 - 8 minutes - 9.7 MBRichard (“Rick”) Davis is a retired Air Force colonel with an extensive professional writing history, including some non-fiction material published over the past 40 years. To transition to fiction, he studied with Amherst Writers & Artists and published his first novella in 2014. He has two book-length manuscripts pending. “Two Minutes and Eighteen Seconds” marks his second offering to PSPP, which earlier accepted his submission for Lost & Found (spring 2023). He lives in Elk Grove, Californ...
"Deadlines and Lifelines--My Healing Voyage" by Raven Chiong
March 30, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBRaven Chiong earned her Master of Arts in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Florida. A lifelong student, life coach, and educator, she qualified for the first-ever Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials in 1984 and paid it forward with her 19-year cross country coaching career. After her competitive running and coaching career, she ran her pen across the pages of this life. Raven was the author of Ode to the Still, Small Voice—A Memoir of Listening. She was a proud mother to four re...
Welcome to Season 9 and “Introduction” to “Now or Never”
March 27, 2024 09:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBForty-one writers share their personal stories of experiences and decisions hinged on a moment in time. Now or never is a turning point, a hope, an admonition, an intersection of paths ahead to take, to avoid, or to create. Now and Never are also states of being—living in the present, accepting what is or dealing with the roadblock, the closed door, the helping hand no longer extended. With decisions made and consequences encountered, for better or worse, we each move ahead balancing out our...
"Time Will Fool You" by Kenneth Chamlee
March 23, 2024 09:30 - 7 minutes - 9.25 MBKenneth Chamlee’s work has appeared in five previous Personal Story Publishing Project anthologies. His latest collections are If Not These Things (Kelsay Books, 2022) and The Best Material for the Artist in the World, a poetic biography of 19th-century American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2023). Ken lives in Mills River, North Carolina, and is an active member of the North Carolina Poetry Society and the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Lear...
"The Jig Is Up" by Arlene Mandell (Reprise)
March 20, 2024 12:03 - 8 minutes - 10.6 MBArlene Mandell is an artist living in Linville, North Carolina, proudly celebrating her 10th year at Carlton Gallery in Banner Elk. (carltongallery.com/arlene-mandell). A native New Yorker, relocating to the Blue Ridge Mountains with Captain Dan ignited a passion to write. Her “6-minute Stories” podcasts include: “Eye of the Dolphin,” “Artist Borne,” “Gobsmacked in the Gulfstream,” “Renegade Daughter,” “It Started with a Typo,” “Shopping for the Homeless,” “Thirteen Candles in the Dark,” “Th...
"Fugitive Spirits" by Gail Tyson (Reprise)
March 17, 2024 12:27 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MBThe luck of the Irish brought Gail Tyson to Knoxville, Tennessee, in fall 2021, where she belongs to the Knoxville Writers Guild and the Pre-Pulitzer Critique Group. In 2020 Shanti Arts published her chapbook, The Vermeer Tales. Current and upcoming work appears in Rockvale Review, Still: the Journal, Psaltery & Lyre, and Thimble Literary Magazine. Gail serves as president of the board of Knoxville’s Flying Anvil Theatre, where she paints sets and avoids giving curtain talks.
"Awakened in Rome" by Akira Odani (Reprise)
March 13, 2024 09:00 - 8 minutes - 9.82 MBAkira Odani lives in the ancient city of St. Augustine, Florida. He belongs to Taste Life Twice Writers and the Florida Writers Association. Born in Tokyo, he had written extensively for the Japanese media. Still, more recently, his interest has turned to writing in English and subjects related to his experiences interacting with the two cultures. Some of his work has appeared in the pages of FWA anthologies, The Weekly Avocet, PSPP, Twists and Turns, and Lost & Found. He stays active, medit...
"The Passing" by Randell Jones
March 06, 2024 17:58 - 8 minutes - 9.07 MBVisit RandellJones.com/6minutestories to learn more about this story.
"Immortals" by Randell Jones
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.91 MBRandell Jones is an award-winning writer about the pioneer and Revolutionary War eras and North Carolina history. During 25 years, he has written 150+ history-based guest columns for the Winston-Salem Journal. In 2017, he created the Personal Story Publishing Project and in 2019, the companion podcast, “6-minute Stories” to encourage other writers. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit RandellJones.com and BecomingAmerica250.com.
"Blueberries and Nubians" by Bill Donohue (Reprise)
February 18, 2024 14:26 - 7 minutes - 9.12 MBBill Donohue is a Winston Salem writer who has chronicled many of his family’s medical speed bumps. Recognizing his own aging leaks, rusts, and mold, this story is the first capture of his newest frailty and the beginning of his journey with cancer.
"Country Skills for City Girls" by Jennie Boulden
February 14, 2024 10:30 - 7 minutes - 8.26 MBJennie Boulden lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is a member of the Memory Makers writing group. She has had a life-long love of the written word. Both sides of her family have deep roots in North Carolina and have been a constant source of enriching stories.
"The Hunt for Ancestors" by Erika Hoffman
February 10, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 8.96 MBErika Hoffman lives in Chatham County, North Carolina. She is a member of The North Carolina Writers network, The Triangle Area Freelancers, and Carteret Writers. Her stories have been featured over 430 times in anthologies, ezines, magazines, and newspapers. For sale on Amazon are compilations of some of her published pieces. In addition, two small traditional presses published her novels. Her first, Secrets, Lies, and Grace, was produced by Comfort Publishing. A pseudonym was used: Riki V...
"Our Adventure Nearly Spoiled" by Cindy Martin
February 07, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.05 MBCindy Martin is a retired West Virginia educator who now resides with her husband, Wayne, in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She has written freelance for West Virginia South Magazine and Yadkin Valley Magazine for over 20 years. Her work has also been featured in the Raleigh Register and the Mount Airy News. Cindy is involved in the Read Aloud Program and is totally committed to furthering the love of books and the written word.
"Eventually the Gig Is Up" by Ellen Zaroff
February 03, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.26 MBEllen Zaroff lives in New York City and has recently published three books, "A Layered Tress", "A Tree's Tale", and "Once, Upon Reflection". She runs a small foundation and travels trying to help community projects while collecting stories and sharing stories from around the world.
"A Rip in Time" by Jo Parillo
January 31, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.18 MBJo Parillo, of Concord, North Carolina, consults with pharmaceutical and medical device companies. She is an Oncology-certified Registered Nurse and holds an MBA. Joanne’s principal writing experience has been for scientific journals and magazines. In 2017, she published a faith-based, nonfiction, large-format book and workbook titled, Have You Been Pruned? She is currently revising both for possible re-release this year while pursuing a doctorate in theology. During the past ten years, Joan...
"Dreams and Despair" by Joel R. Stegall
January 27, 2024 16:02 - 8 minutes - 9.38 MBIn his career as professor and academic administrator, Joel Stegall wrote more than 35 journal articles, book chapters, opinion pieces and other such. None of these gained him widespread acclaim. Since retiring to Winston-Salem, NC, he has written a family history tracing his ancestry back to 1735. Though documentation is elusive, he has found considerable evidence that his ancestry began even earlier. Several of his stories, often about his ancestors, have appeared in the Personal Stories P...
"Friends by Mishap" by Suzanne Cottrell
January 24, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes - 10.4 MBSuzanne Cottrell, a member of the Taste Life Twice Writers and NC Writers’ Network, lives with her husband in Granville County, North Carolina. An outdoor enthusiast and retired teacher, she enjoys reading, writing, knitting, hiking, and Pilates. Her prose has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including the Personal Story Publishing Project, Inwood Indiana Press, Quillkeepers Press, and Parks and Points. She’s the author of three poetry chapbooks: Gifts of the Seasons, Autumn an...
"This Killin' Time Is Killin' Me" by Bruce McIntyre
January 20, 2024 10:00 - 6 minutes - 7.4 MBCharles Bruce McIntyre, or “Bruce” to those who know him, is a retired business owner and cancer survivor. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a member of the Charlotte Center for Literary Arts and the Charlotte Writers Club. Bruce believes in storytelling and “story listening” and how it is in listening that we start to understand. He began posting his stories at www.choicesdomatter.org, a weekly blog that ran for four years. There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is his first ...
"Packable Pieces - Fear and Hope" by Lisa Miracle Ballard (reprise from 2020)
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 8.86 MBLisa Miracle Ballard lives in Huntersville, North Carolina. An active volunteer and advocate in her community, her heritage inspires her writing which has been shared in community publications, newspapers, schools and churches. She is currently working on a collection of essays, poetry, and short stories reflecting her Appalachian roots. Her story, “The Gift,” appeared in the 2018 Personal Story Publishing Project anthology Bearing Up.
"My People: Crackers, Cow Hunters, Patriots, and Rebels" by Bob Amason
January 13, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.49 MBBob Amason is a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was a college professor for 25 years. A Florida Writer’s Association member, Bob writes under his pen name, Frank A. Mason. Bob’s works include historical novels and modern suspense novels. Two of his Journeyman Chronicles series on the revolutionary war are Amazon.com Best Sellers. His writing has been published in two anthologies, academic journals, and books. Bob lives in Florida with his overachieving wife, a professor who is th...
"For the Ache of Art" by Nell Whitehead
January 10, 2024 10:30 - 7 minutes - 8.51 MBNell Whitehead lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina. She has been writing or teaching writing since childhood. Her family was her first audience when at age 12 she wrote a Fractured Fairy Tale Christmas, performed by nieces and nephews, and received with wild acclaim. As a Language Arts teacher, she was part of the Capital Area Writing Project. In more recent times, a writing group in Carrboro created by Nancy Peacock has been the inspiration for short stories, memoirs, and two novels.
"Celebrating Life" by Ginny Foard
January 06, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 8.99 MBGrowing up in the South means learning life lessons from family stories. Ginny Foard learned a few things that way. She also found out that later you get to tell stories, too. Depending on who’s in the room with you, you might need a few hours to get to the bottom of what all happened. Ginny likes exploring, sharing, and listening to the stories around her. She lives in a little post office box on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina.
"Stranger Danger" by Martha Rowe Vaughn
January 03, 2024 14:12 - 7 minutes - 9.26 MBMartha Rowe Vaughn lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina and is a member of a local writers group that has been meeting for over 15 years. During that time, she has published two books: Grandma’s Trunk (non-fiction) and Crossroads (fiction). An interest in genealogy and family history prompted her to write both books. She graduated from The University of Kentucky with a degree in horticulture and owned and operated a tree nursery for 22 years. In retirement, she volunteers her horticulture kno...
"Time in a Circle" by Carroll Taylor
December 30, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 10.1 MBCarroll Taylor is a writer, poet, and playwright. She is the author of two young adult novels, Chinaberry Summer and Chinaberry Summer: On the Other Side and two children’s books, Feannag the Crow and Ella’s Quilt. Her poems have appeared in anthologies and online. A retired educator, Taylor is a member of NC Writers’ Network-West and the Georgia Poetry Society. She and her husband live in Hiawassee, in the North Georgia mountains, where she feeds a crow family whose antics inspire her to wr...
"Parent, Child, Lost" by Linda James
December 27, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 11 MBLinda James lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a member of the Writers Critique Group. When she was a young girl, her parents gifted her a typewriter because she expressed a strong desire to write. After only six words, Linda realized she had nothing to say and little life experience to draw upon. Decades later, she is revisiting that hasty conclusion. She is currently working on the manuscript for her first novel.
Holiday Season Special - “My Dad Was Santa Claus” and “The Long Short Walk.”
December 23, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 17.9 MBDoug Croft lives in Charlotte North Carolina. For his own enjoyment, he journals poetically and occasionally writes essays. His poetry has twice appeared in the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Boundless Anthology, Waco WordFest Cultural Arts Festival, along with three magazines: Synkroniciti, Auroras & Blossoms, Culture Cult. He has received two awards in regional writing competitions and has written five sketches which have been performed in various settings. Carlton Clay...
"Life and Desk" by Emily Rosen
December 20, 2023 15:32 - 7 minutes - 9.73 MBEmily Rosen lives in Boca Raton, Florida, where for over 20 years and until her 95th birthday, she instructed classes in memoir writing, publishing two anthologies of stories from her classes, and the book, Who Am I? For two decades and until the local weekly newspaper folded in 2021, she wrote the column “Everything's Coming Up Rosen.” Her travel and feature articles have appeared nationwide while her poetry languishes in the pages of a fat notebook. She has worked as a copy writer, travel ...
"Riding the Memory Trail" by Landis Wade
December 16, 2023 17:59 - 7 minutes - 9.85 MBLandis Wade writes light-hearted legal thrillers, mysteries, and essays. He is a recovering trial lawyer and host of Charlotte Readers Podcast where he has conducted more than 500 author interviews. His recent novel–Deadly Declarations–has won ten awards, including Winner in the 2022 American Fiction Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards in the mystery categories. In 2023, he released The Write Quotes series–8 books on writing that feature inspirational and practical quotes from 50...
"If You Build It" by Alexandra Goodwin
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.15 MBAlexandra Goodwin was born in Argentina, and she divides her time at home in Florida between her imaginary tree house in her mango tree and her pool, unless there is a hurricane. Her essays and poems can be found in Ariel Chart, The Centifictionist, Loch Raven Review, Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly, The Miami Herald, Twists and Turns, and Lost and Found. This is her third story in the Personal Story Publishing Project. Visit www.alexandragoodwin.com for more information about her and her work.
"Crossing Bridges" by Lisa Watts
December 09, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.18 MBLisa Watts is a nonprofit communications manager living in Greensboro, North Carolina. She conceived and edited Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2006), an anthology of essays and poems by 20 prominent writers. She is working on her own essay collection about her two-month bike trip up the East Coast.
"'I've Had a Great Life'--Horace Barrett turns 100" by Randell Jones
December 06, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.41 MBThis bonus episode story appears on the editorial pages of the Winston-Salem Journal and the Greensboro News & Record on Horace’s 100th birthday, December 7. You can see the accompanying pictures in the “Author’s Talk” for this episode by visiting “6-minute Stories” at RandellJones.com/6minutestories . You can also link from there to hear Horace tell in his own voice about some of his World War II experiences and find there an email address to send Horace your own Happy Birthday wishes.
"Forest Bathing on Horseback" by Janet K. Baxter
December 02, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.52 MBJanet K. Baxter lives in Kings Mountain, North Carolina and is a member of the Charlotte Writer’s Club and Scribblers, a memoir critique group. Her stories, “Horse Whispering for the Average Woman,” “Southern Blues,” “A Frank Lesson,” “Cappie, The Boomerang Horse,” “An Angel’s Smile,” “Morgan: Our Escape Artist,” and “One Soul Alone” appeared in previous anthologies published by the Personal Story Publishing Project. Retired, Janet enjoys thread painting, writing, trail riding, and all the j...
"The Longest Day" by David Inserra
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.67 MBDavid Inserra lives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina with his wife Ellen Titus and their dog, Mindy. David’s most recent work appears in the PSPP release, ‘Lost & Found.’ He is a member of the Island Writers Network and works at the local Unitarian Church. David’s first novel, a speculative thriller titled ‘In Your Own Backyard,’ is currently being queried to agents. He is also a musician who has written over 400 songs, most being about his wife. Visit davidinserra.weebly.com.
"The Other Thanksgiving Story" by Randell Jones - reprise from 2020
November 25, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MBRandell Jones is an award-winning history writer about the pioneer and Revolutionary War eras. Since 2007, he has served as an invited member of the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau of the North Carolina Humanities Council. He created the Personal Story Publishing Project and the companion podcast, “6-minute Stories” to encourage writers. In 2020, he launched BecomingAmerica250.com to promote history appreciation during the coming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. He lives in Winsto...
"Meant To Live Forever" by Jill Amber Chafin
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 10.4 MBJill Amber Chafin is a personal finance writer for the LendingTree, a dance and circus arts teacher, and a mother to two wild redheads in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She wrote her first story at age five and has written countless stories since then. This is Jill’s fourth story with the Personal Story Publishing Project. Her novel Shaken has been accepted for publication with Vine Leaves Press. Follow her for book release details and upcoming writing workshops @jillamberchafin .
"Ostriches" by Lisa Williams Kline
November 18, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.63 MBLisa Williams Kline is the author of two novels for adults, Between the Sky and the Sea, and Ladies’ Day, as well as an essay collection entitled The Ruby Mirror and a short story collection entitled Take Me. Her stories and essays have appeared in Literary Mama, Skirt, Sasee, Carolina Woman, moonShine review, The Press 53 Awards Anthology, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, and Idol Talk, among others. She is also the author of ten novels and a novella for young readers. She lives in Davidson wi...
"Angels in Disguise" by Janice Luckey
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 10.7 MBJanice Luckey, who lives in Mooresville, North Carolina, remembers when writing became a rhythm of her life. She scribbled a romance novel in a 3-ring binder in junior high school sparking a life-long love of all things writerly—writing, reading, journaling and hoarding office supplies. Janice is fueled by the love and support of her family and most anything chocolate. When not writing, she can be found making memories with her husband and four granddaughters or roaming the aisles of librari...
"Bringing My Father Home" by Cindy Stonebraker Reed
November 11, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.4 MBCindy Stonebraker Reed is a Founding Director and Board Secretary for Mission: POW-MIA, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit based in Virginia, founded to connect and serve the families of our nations POW/MIA’s and to help end the uncertainty faced by generations of America’s POW/MIA Families. Cindy is the daughter of Lt. Col. Kenneth Stonebraker, who remains missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. She has been published in several newspaper columns and magazines articles. She resides in N...
"To Those Who Wait" by Jane Satchell McAllister
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.39 MBJane Satchell McAllister's writings draw inspiration from the wide variety of people and places she encounters, from her home base in Davie County, North Carolina, to rich adventures across our country and abroad. She has co-authored two Images of America books through Arcadia Publishing and served for nine years as director of the county public library. Her current writing project is compiling stories based on decades of travel, both fiction and nonfiction, almost as much fun as the trips t...
"Balms" by Jennifer M. Szescula
November 04, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 9.97 MBJennifer M. Szescula feels most at home surrounded by trees and mountains. She has written voraciously her whole life, sharing in bursts of enthusiasm (thanks to Winston Salem Writers!) along with decades of silence. Though she desires to write fiction, her natural voice is found writing about the everyday moments and challenges of being human. She is always trying something new-which gives her eternal writing material.
"We Amphibians" by Mark K. Marshall
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 9.62 MBMark Marshall moved to Nashville in 1977 from his home state of West Virginia. He has worked mostly as a career coach where he has gotten to hear and share stories with thousands of people from every conceivable walk of life. He now works in private practice and as a career coach at UpRise Nashville. He’s also a member of The River Writers. Much of his writing draws upon how growing up in Richwood, West Virginia, a small lumber and mining town deep in the West Virginia mountains, has shaped ...
"One More Try" by Jon Kesler
October 28, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.56 MBJon Kesler lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Martha, and his Chocolate Lab, Rooster. As an organization development consultant, Jon has made a career of studying people as individuals and how they interact in groups. Writing for his own enjoyment and the entertainment of others, Jon strives to bring his characters to life through the exploration of personality quirks and the underlying dynamics of what makes people tick in the day-to-day realities of life.
"Banana Bread" by Edith Gettes
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 9.65 MBEdith Gettes has worked as a professional violinist, teacher, and psychiatrist. Her most important and inspiring employment, however, has been raising four daughters. She has lectured about learning, trauma and motherhood at several international conferences, and her writing has appeared in both musical and medical journals. Edith currently lives, works, plays, and writes in Asheville, North Carolina, where she remains fascinated by our capacity for love and beauty in the face of profound ch...
"The Jig Is Up" by Arlene Mandell
October 21, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 10.6 MBArlene Mandell is an artist living in Linville, North Carolina, proudly celebrating her 10th year at Carlton Gallery in Banner Elk. (carltongallery.com/arlene-mandell). A native New Yorker, relocating to the Blue Ridge Mountains with Captain Dan ignited a passion to write. Her “6-minute Stories” podcasts include: “Eye of the Dolphin,” “Artist Borne,” “Gobsmacked in the Gulfstream,” “Renegade Daughter,” “It Started with a Typo,” “Shopping for the Homeless,” “Thirteen Candles in the Dark,” “Th...
"In the End, Timing Is Everything" by Nick Sipe
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.75 MBNick Sipe lives in Gastonia, North Carolina, with his alpha reader wife and 2 beta reader kids. He is a member of the Charlotte Writers Club and NC Writers’ Network. He enjoys the giddy thrill of sneaking into college libraries to write while his kids are at sports practice. Currently, Nick is querying literary agents for his debut novel, Midnight Springs, a horror Western best described as Frankenstein Goes West.
"In Time a Reckoning" by Thomas Gery
October 14, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.39 MBThomas Gery, a common man with uncommon experiences lives in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army with duty in Vietnam. As a social worker he helped children, youth, and adults in a variety of practice venues and situations throughout a work life of 40 years. Married with two adult children and two grandchildren, he is currently writing his life’s story to provide answers to questions his kids will never ask. His first essay appeared in Personal Story Publishing Project—Los...
"Blueberries and Nubians" by Bill Dononue
October 11, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.12 MBBill Donohue is a Winston Salem writer who has chronicled many of his family’s medical speed bumps. Recognizing his own aging leaks, rusts, and mold, this story is the first capture of his newest frailty and the beginning of his journey with cancer.