December 25, 2025
Red and green gradient background. Large, beautiful Christmas tree in foreground, with candles lit up TEXT: My Christmas Tree Obsession - Feroza Jussawalla - Holiday Nonfiction
Published by Feroza Jussawalla at December 25, 2025
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My Christmas Tree Obsession

As I clung to my trees and ornaments, the family began to fall apart. Many loved ones began to distance themselves from my particular form of Christmas joy. Maybe my trees and the joy they brought me in the deep dark winters scared them away?
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December 20, 2025
A square image with a split aesthetic—part color and part black and white—and a dominant pink border, designed as a thank-you poem greeting. The upper and lower edges feature a rough-edged pink banner effect. The background is divided vertically: the left side is in full color and shows a smiling woman and a young girl (seen from behind) at a dining table with a man in the background. The right side is in black and white and shows a man and woman conversing across a table, which holds a jar of jam, strawberries, and a small stack of books. This visual split suggests contrasting perspectives or memories. A pink owl logo is positioned on the black and white side. tartines Text: Seasonal Greetings, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, a thank-you poem,
Published by Karen Greenbaum-Maya at December 20, 2025
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Seasonal Greetings: A Thank-you Poem

We try to be grown-ups, but troubles in herds invade our home, which is usually secular, and raise our anxiety to levels molecular. Such was our sad state when a package from Adda showed up on our doormat…
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June 3, 2025
All the World's a Stage magazine cover - with image of stage with cast taking a bow
Published by The MockingOwls at June 3, 2025
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All the World’s a Stage

Join the authors, poets, singers, dancers, actors, and audience as we explore all things theatre, dance, and performing arts in this new edition of the MockingOwl Roost ~ All The World's a Stage. Discover fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction dance across the stage called life, written with pen and paper (or, well, computer keyboard in most cases).
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April 24, 2025
Shadowy image of framed photos along a wall - TEXT: Chandrika R. Krishnan, Fiction, Silence Can Be More Telling
Published by Chandrika R. Krishnan at April 24, 2025
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Silence Can Be More Telling

**Contains Trigger: Child Death.** Tara paused and looked at the photos along the staircase wall, feeling the waves of joy and pain crash through her. She allowed herself to look at them afresh, giving in to those feelings after so many days and months of avoiding them.
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