Story Archives*

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November 2024: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

• Lynne R.
• Resa Mai
• Emilee LaMonda
• Carolyn Stucky
• Ruth Lodewyck
• Melodie Parrish

August 2024: Nailed It!

• Vicky Snyder
• Jamie Mathy
• Mari-Rose Minyo
• Chris Kaufman
• Ruth Lodewyck
• Bruce Boeck
• John Bowen

May 2024: It Happened One Night

• George Hennenfent
• Janet Titus Boudreaux
• Resa Mai
• Roland Spies
• Gary Justis
• Todd Wineburner

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February 2024: Kindness

• Karla Bailey-Smith
• Bruce Boeck
• Ruth Lodewyck
• Krista Gaff
• Megan Lodewyck
• Janet Boudreaux
• Leon Kaeb
• Sean Boston

November 2023: Sweaty Palms​

• Ann White
• Bruce Boeck
• Dennis Mennenga
• Chris Kaufman
• Carol Scott
• Terri Ryburn

August 2023: March On (Commemorating 60 Years of the March on Washington)

• ​Bill Rau
• Willie Holton Halbert
• Karla Bailey-Smith
• Diane Mather
• Kamorah Carter

​May 2023: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

• Kim Tingley
• Laura DiMascio
• Mollie Huisman
• Laurie Bergner

February 2023: A Brush With…

• Kathi Davis
• Sally Hoffmann
• Karla Bailey-Smith
• Dennis Mennenga
• Mark Nielsen
• Scott Myers
• Lora Passetti
• Joe Strupek

November 2022: Gratitude

• Resa Mai
• Cat Hays
• Alex Huff
• Randy Finck
• Dennis Mennenga

August 2022: Home

• Debbie Reese
• Jamie Piña
• Ellen Tingley
• Liam Wheeler
• Terri Ryburn

May 2022: The Force of Luck

• Intro and return from COVID
• Kevin Loseke
• Jesse Wyer
• Chad Lowell
• Isaiah Brown
• Chris Loseke
• Wes Melton
• Eric Lee
• Sally Hoffmann
• John Bowen

February 2020: Animal Tails

• Joe Strupek
• Bob Ryder
• Sarah Buckmann
• Cathy Sutliff
• Heidi Bowman
• Susan Ryder

January 2020: Eureka!

• Connie Blick
• Todd Wineburner
• Laurie Bergner
• John Poling
• David Hirst
• Dan Woodman

November 2019: Takin' Care of Business

• ​Heidi Bowman
• Peg Kirk
• Dave Ihlenfeldt
• Lynda Straw
• Kathleen Kirk
• Dave Krostal

October 2019: Para-Normal Stories

• Kevin Wickart
• David Hirst
• John Bowen
• Sandi Zielinski
• Scott Myers
• Susan Ryder

September 2019: Oops!

• Pete Guither
• Len Childers
• Terri Ryburn
• Chris Terven
• Bruce Boeck
• Kathi Davis

July 2019: Road Trip

• Kim Tingley
• Joel Johnson
• Nancy Nickerson
• Mark Nielsen
• Barb Jacobsen
• Bob Ryder

June 2019: Dads

• Cristen Monson
• Jessie Wyer
• Clatie Fischer
• Mari-Rose Minyo
• Jajwanica Brockington
• Karla Bailey-Smith and Karl Smith

May 2019: Love

• John Kirk
• Cathy Sutliff
• Caroline Fox-Anvick
• Kristi Zimmerman
• Gail Dobbins
• Dan Woodman

April 2019: Getting Schooled

• Jenn Stubbs
• Cyndee Brown
• Grace Sheese
• Chris Belt
• Tristan Bixby
• Stefen Robinson

March 2019: The Real Me

• Jack Waddell
• Joel Johnson
• Brenda Huber
• Gregory D. Hicks
• Aric Diamani
• Jajwanica Brockington

November/December 2018: The Holidays – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

• Lynda Straw
• Lynda Rettick
• Bruce Boeck
• Abby Scott
• Alanna Wizieck
• Carolyn Stucky

October 2018: Para-Normal Story Slam

• John Fischer
• John Bowen
• Michelle Woody
• Cathy Sutliff
• Kristi Zimmerman
• Doug Johnson

September 2018: Change

• Suzie Hutton
• Aaron Watson
• Kathi Davis
• Dave Krostal
• Terri Ryburn

August 2018: Re:

• Connie Blick
• John Poling
• Chris Kaufman
• Rhys Lovell
• Kathleen Kirk
• Devon Lovell

June 2018: Lunacy

• Karla Bailey-Smith
• Kristi Zimmerman
• John Bowen
• Ron Hardy
• Mark Austill
• Devon Lovell

May 2018: Mothers

• Tori Kilhoffer
• Kathleen Kirk
• Kim Tingley
• Jim Wasson
• Brooke Turner
• Brenda Huber

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