Contemporary essays, fiction, and opinion offered regularly by author Anne Brandt.

Question for the week How might I punctuate the following sentence? Students, stop cutting in line(?)stop throwing food(?)and stop leaving trash.

Ten minutes to write. Less time to read. Small Town Life Hardware Stores Posted: 09/12/09 At the Cove Posted: 09/06/09 Snow News Isn't Good News Posted: 02/04/09 Meet . . . My Hat Posted: 02/01/09 Saturday Schedule Posted: 09/27/08 So Long Summer Posted: 08/31/08 Scripts Posted: 07/20/08 The Gawkers Posted: 01/11/08 Open Season Posted: 11/15/07 A Day with Friends Posted: 11/12/07 Church Supper Posted: 10/17/07 Car Salesmen Posted: 09/22/07 Noodling Posted: 08/14/07 Vignette Posted: 08/11/07 The View Posted: 07/08/07 A Decade of Sunsets Posted: 06/14/07 Zeke's Posted: 06/03/07 Feeling Grey in Fargo Posted: 03/30/07 The Ultimate Posted: 03/17/07 The Battle of the Hardware Stores Posted: 03/05/07 Beer Here Posted: 03/04/07 An Old-Fashioned Winter Posted: 01/30/07 Monticello Posted: 08/10/06 Conestoga Neon Posted: 07/27/06 The Silverhawks Posted: 07/23/06 Pride (1 comment) Posted: 07/20/06 Green Beans (1 comment) Posted: 07/19/06 Tractors Posted: 06/23/06 Berrien Hills Golf Club Posted: 06/17/06 Cemetery Sadness Posted: 06/14/06 Aaarrrggghhh! Posted: 04/11/06 Clara Posted: 04/07/06 Berrien Hills Country Club Posted: 03/14/06 Obits Pix Posted: 02/27/06 El Rodeo Posted: 02/26/06 Doctor\'s Office Posted: 01/26/06 Health Club Benefits Posted: 01/24/06 Disaster Posted: 01/04/06 Final Preparations Posted: 12/23/05 Security Issue Posted: 12/15/05 Party Time Posted: 11/22/05 Judith Pearson Posted: 11/13/05 Lox Plate Posted: 11/06/05 Autumn in the Slow Lane Posted: 10/24/05 Re-Evaluation Posted: 10/18/05 Tradesmen (1 comment) Posted: 10/16/05 School Bus (1 comment) Posted: 10/13/05 Health Club Posted: 10/07/05 Shopping Posted: 10/01/05 John Ashcroft Posted: 09/13/05 Hummingbirds Posted: 09/06/05 Katrina Posted: 08/29/05 Little Dining Drama Posted: 08/24/05 Water Woes Posted: 08/09/05 Parade of Homes Posted: 08/02/05 Landlord Issues Posted: 07/29/05 Off to the Races Posted: 07/21/05 No Dogs Posted: 07/14/05 Rain Posted: 07/07/05 Club Set Posted: 07/01/05 Drought Posted: 06/29/05 Hot Posted: 06/27/05 Lightning Bugs Posted: 06/26/05 Ritual Posted: 04/25/05 Spring Posted: 03/04/05 Chinatown Posted: 03/02/05 Rabbit Posted: 02/20/05 Lunker's Posted: 01/15/05 Party Time Posted: 12/06/04 Jimmy's Posted: 12/03/04 Amanda Posted: 11/20/04 Lazy Day Posted: 10/30/04 Here Fishy, Fishy Posted: 10/28/04 Nothing Is Simple Posted: 10/18/04 Autumn Posted: 09/21/04 County Fair Posted: 09/16/04 Night Noises Posted: 08/24/04 Last Friday Luncheon Posted: 08/05/04 Small Town Posted: 07/24/04 A Day in the Life Posted: 07/09/04 The Sunday News Posted: 05/30/04 Walking Posted: 05/28/04