Telling Important Stories to Connect the Future
Senior Writers Group

"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of the others and the stories they share about you"

Shannon L. Alder

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How “King Cotton” was Crowned

By Gerald Driessen | May 6, 2019

Eli Whitney, in 1795, at the tender age of 27, invented the cotton gin, the “gin” being slang for “engine.” Little did he suspect that his simple machine, designed and…

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Out and About on the Grossmont Gardens Bus

By Helen Taylor | Apr 3, 2019

Our bus driver for Grossmont Gardens, Harry, stood waiting for our last rider to arrive. I had arrived early to board the bus. He was inside the bus by the…

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The Angels Were Looking Out For Us

By Milton Burgess | Mar 29, 2019

Gerry Driesen handed me a short story titled “My First Corner Was Almost My Last’ to post on the website. That story has inspired me to write and post a…

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Telling Important Stories
to Connect the Future

Senior Writers
Group

"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of the others and the stories they share about you"   Shannon L. Alder

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What We’re About This is a new website devoted to those senior writers who would like to see their work published so it can be shared with friends and family inexpensively. Prior to the advent of blogging on the World Wide Web, writers first had to seek a publisher, or self-publish with a copy service,…

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