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This week's story and poem both come from female American authors, and both speak about isolation, loneliness and the capacity of love to liberate us. Intrigued? Click the links below to read 'Beyond the Bayou' by Kate Chopin and 'Touched by an Angel' by Maya Angelou.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/BeyoBayo863.shtml
This week's selection is an absorbing science fiction tale, 'Pelt' by Carol Emshwiller. Unusually it is told, very convincingly, from the point of view of a dog. Click on the link below to read this
Today's story was chosen by Maggie, one of our volunteers. As a bonus, it comes paired with a long but rich and satisfying poem. Mrs Manstey's View by Edith Wharton and The Pot Geranium by Norman Nic
In 'normal' times our volunteer Char has read at a couple of the Poetry Breakfast meetings run by Anna Dreda in Shropshire. 'They're wonderful affairs!' she says, and now Anna has put one online - a
