The Prayer By Don Janssen It was the best of all worlds. My brother Dick and I would have a sandwich and wax the runners on our sleds. We always had snow at Christmas in Wenatchee. ” See you at church!” we yelled at Mom and Dad. Then, we ran […]
Short Stories
“Grade Inflation” — and It’s Prevalent In All Schools
But is it a problem?Yep. Unlike infinite economic inflation, grades top-out at A’s. So this means that an ever-growing pool of kids are racking up top scores. On the surface, this may not seem like a terrible thing, but handing out A’s to kids who don’t truly deserve them isn’t […]
BLUE GOOSE BLUES ~ Siskiyou Writers’ Club Selection for November
Our challenge for the meeting was to write in a genre, style or theme outside our comfort zone. So, I chose to write a poem (actually not a poem, but a lyric I stole from Johnny Cash). It’s called Blue Goose BluesBy BobKaster I hear the train a-comin’, it’s rolling ‘round the bend […]
The Fall ~ A Creative Collaboration
By Shasta SovereignNovember 2023 In this highly anticipated competition, we extended a warm invitation to all 17 esteemed high schools in the Northeast corner of California. The response was overwhelming, with a staggering total of 57 exceptional entries flooding in. Evidently, the creative spirit of our region is thriving, as […]
How A Wild Stallion Helped a Combat Veteran
I first met Rolland Phillips when he was 19 -yrs old in San Diego when my wife and I were just returning from a 4-year sailing expedition in 1994 with our two children. Rolland was in the Navy, and wanting to try-out for the BUDS program (Seals). We played chess […]
Never See Your Doctor on Halloween!!!
And here I was worried about my knee!
WHY WE LIVE HERE – PART THREE
I started this morning intending to write one of my gloom-and-doom stories about the sad condition of the state of California, with its out-of-control taxes, homeless epidemic, crime, and mass illegal immigration. But then I happily remembered … I don’t live in California. Well, I guess I do … sort […]
Dear Alcohol
Author: Mary Where do I begin? When you first came into my life, I was 15 years old and you made me feel so cool and accepted. All I truly ever wanted in life was to feel accepted. At first, we would just hangout on the weekends. Then I found […]
Introduction to Shasta Sovereign ~ DRAWING ON INSPIRATION
WHEN YA GO WITH THE FLOW AND WING IT FROM TIME TO TIME, THE MOST AMAZING THINGS START TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES. JAY MARTIN *Disclaimer: All information is solely the opinion of the writer and not meant to be factual in nature. The creators retain all their intellectual property and do […]
A Most Accomplished Cherokee
A Siskiyou News Fun Fact On this Columbus Day AKA Indigenous Peoples’ Day Of 2023 Sent In By Felice Pace of Klamath, CA Apple Dictionary had this to say : Sequoya | səˈkwoiə | (also Sequoyah, Sequoia) (c.1770–1843), Cherokee Indian scholar; Cherokee name Sogwali; also known as George Guess or Gist. He invented a writing system (the Cherokee syllabary) 1809–21 […]