View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing First Place Winner Photo © Photomailbox|Dreamstime.com. The creek in our north pasture has experienced many seasons. It has...
Story Contest
It’s March
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing Second Place Winner Softly stealing from its shelter,Skipping over hill and vale,Comes the Lamb of Spring-like splendor,Chasing out...
Vanilla
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing Third Place Winner March for my family means vanilla! We live on the edge of a tropical rainforest in southern Belize, which is...
I Am Spring
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Grand Prize In September, my family moved from WI to SC. The change was rewarding, difficult, and full of amazing discoveries as we...
March Means Maple Syrup
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing Third Place Winner Photo © Ethan Rocke. The oozing mud was over a foot deep, and I was stuck in the middle of it. Revving the...
Birthday Surprise
Black bear. Photo © Anthony Burkholder. One warm summer evening in September, my family was outside eating my little brother’s birthday cake. Suddenly my mother shaded her eyes and exclaimed, “What...
In Search of Monarchs
They say ignorance is bliss. In some ways, I wish I had never taken that summer evening walk.“Mom, could I head out and look for monarchs again?”I’d waited long enough, I thought, for the...
Backcountry Bulls
Bull elk. Photo © Le Thuy Do/Dreamstime.com. The van slowed, then made its way around yet another sharp curve. I heaved a sigh and settled back in my seat. “I don’t think we’ll ever get there,” I...
Two Dozen Crabs
Land crab. Photo © Andrey Gudkov/Dreamstime.com. The cool Bahamian breezes tickle our faces. It is a relief to have some cool moments after this unusually steamy July day. We are following the...
Snow Day
One day last winter, it snowed and covered the yard. Daddy scooped it into a big pile with the backhoe. In the afternoon, our family went out to play. It was a squishy snow, soft and not good for...
The Tachinid Fly Disaster
Photo © JjGouin/Dreamstime.com. I guess it started when a lady said she had a monarch caterpillar for us along with some milkweed to feed it. Although we didn’t know if it would turn out to be a he...
The Day a Fox Visited
Red Fox. Photo © Joshua Lloyd. One summer morning Michaela went outside to feed our mini lop bunnies. She had the feeling that something was watching her, and she whirled around to see two squinting...
The Belted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher at nest. Photos © Marlene Burkholder. One sunny May morning, I saw two kingfishers! I assumed they were just flying around and wouldn’t stay long. To my surprise, they seemed to be...
From the Editor’s Quill, May 2023: Story Contest
Meeting Mrs. Nightjar
Photos © Clement Martin. Africa’s sun poured all its fury on my head, bleaching my hair whiter still. My three Ugandan friends, my two younger brothers, and I were walking home from church on a...