Archive for May, 2017

Love Story Gold Winner: The Uncertain Certainty of Leaving

Monday, May 29th, 2017

By Kathy Harding
They discover what they’re willing to risk for love.
Buoyed by the brazen optimism of our new love affair, my Kiwi, Rob, and I cast ourselves adrift in a revelatory landscape, the South Island of New Zealand.
I was 41 years old and desperate for a baby, he was a stranger from the bottom of [...]

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Animal Encounter Gold Winner: From Tsetses to Chimps

Monday, May 1st, 2017

By David Myles Robinson
One of my favorite movie lines of all time was spoken by Walter Brennan’s character Eddie in To Have and Have Not: “Say, was you ever bit by a dead bee?”
I can’t say exactly why that line resonated with me, especially since I’m not one of those guys who make a practice [...]

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