6-minute Stories

By Randell JonesSociety & Culture Personal Journals

6-minute Stories episodes

May 02, 2021 "Lucky and Grateful" - a reprise from April 2020
Gratitude is what keeps us humble as we realize at any age how much of a role luck plays in our lives. This writer has been blessed beyond measure.
9 min
April 28, 2021 "What Luck These Friendships" by Landis Wade
– down the stretch.
Their recollections of haunting the infield on Derby Day at Churchill Downs have lingered for decades—bad bets, good times, and best friends.
9 min
April 25, 2021 "His Final Act of Kindness" by Linda Freudenberger
– daddy would love that
During the uncomfortable questions to the donor’s spouse, family members lost their composure.
8 min
April 21, 2021 "Save the Tomatoes" by Bill Blancato
Celebrating Earth Day 2021
– a heated debate.
A warming interest in the topic is sparked into full blown support and activism by an unexpected invitation to help save the planet from climate change.
9 min
April 17, 2021 "Dear James Taylor & Carole King" by Dallas Lee
– the thrill and the shame.
A chance to apologize for the unthinking acts of a young lost soul still haunt the wiser man.
8 min
April 14, 2021 "Parks and Re-Creation" by Ken Chamlee
– you would be really good at it.
A mentor’s encouragement at the right moment offered a chance for redirection.
9 min
April 10, 2021 "Doing the Math" by Howard Pearre
– some things don’t add up.
A honorable—but not honor—student miscalculates his chances of being drafted into the Army.
8 min
April 07, 2021 "Space: The Final Frontier" by Marie Mitchell
– to board the Starfleet’s Enterprise.
After applying decades ago to NASA to be the first journalist in space, this Trekkie later trained for a mission to Mars—sort of.
9 min
April 03, 2021 "Journey" by Elizabeth Chalfant (reprise from January 2020)
road trip into the heart of a marriage--
A journey begins with expectations. but along the way you can find yourself with no warning signs and no road maps. You can’t say exactly how it will end.
8 min
March 31, 2021 "Carrot Island" by Nancy Tilly
– we wandered about.
“The water looked lazy and safe, the day bright and full of opportunity.”
8 min

About 6-minute Stories

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True, personal stories from new voices and experienced writers resonating with the themes of the Personal Essay/Story Publishing Projects: "Bearing Up" (2018) and "Exploring" (2019).