Stone Soup Magazine
— Alone at her family's Country House, once filled with cousins' laughter, an 11-year-old reflects on how growing up has emptied the summer gathering place of its magic.
— A beautiful river is beside me. The forest behind me. The world is a beautiful place to live. We all love our Earth. The river brings something to my mind....
— Broken homes. Sad people. A lonely town in a small valley. Can the world be worse? Who can live on an earth like this?
— A child's meditation on the beauty of the name Paulina spirals into wonder about meaning, naming, and the limits of knowledge.
— Light reflecting off wet pavement on a stormy night transforms into lasers, fountains, and aurora borealis in the speaker's imagination.