May 8th, 2009 - Dr. Cardy Raper
I was 84, between jobs, a decade ago. Full of vim and vigor, I’d just returned from the ends of the earth, sailing around the Horn,...
May 8th, 2009 - Phillip E. Dixon
It’s National Outdoor Sex Day—a little-known holiday filled with risqué fun, questionable impulse decisions, and liquid motivation called...
April 22nd, 2009 - Brian Adams
In April of 2009 I was a community college environmental science professor struggling with a unit on climate change. As a chronic...
April 10th, 2009 - Heather Gudenkauf
Ten years ago, I was working as an Instructional Coach at my local school district, preparing for the release of my first novel and...
April 9th, 2009 - Sarina Prabasi
The sunlight felt still-new that afternoon. As I walked and talked with my husband, Elias, my eyes soaked up the brilliant green of...
March 6th, 2009 - Tracey L. Kelley
Gray half-walls paneled in soft felt surrounded me. Just barely enough haven to hide. I wore headphones most of the time anyway, editing...
March 6th, 2009 - J. Scott Price
I was 39 and pretty much just existing solely on my living room couch —not living in any sense of the word, other than breathing. My...
February 20th, 2009 - Annette Rodriguez
It has been ten years, but I will never forget the winter break and subsequent semester of January to May 2009. For one thing, it was...
February 13th, 2009 - Amy Lee Lillard
Here’s the thing about failure. The stories we tell portray failing as a necessary step in an upward trajectory towards success, even...
January 2nd, 2009 - Gov. Madeleine Kunin
I felt optimistic at the start or the New Year. I was teaching a course on women and politics at the University of Vermont and doing book...