The Chapbook tradition arose in the 16th century, when small printed books became affordable for people. They included almanacs, children’s literature, stories, pamphlets, poetry, and more.
Your Good Life introduces a 21st century version of the chapbook available free online.
Readers of Your Good Life are invited to submit a 500 to 700 word story. You may either type your story directly in the box below or copy and paste the text from a Word document into the box and click “Submit”. Publication will be subject to editorial approval.
January 18, 2021
A PLACE CALLED HOME
It’s a place. A dot on a map—metropolis, village, city, town, and it has a name. A name that is as different as there are places. Yet it sounds the same because it’s called home. Oh, you may say Omaha or Terre Haute or Seattle, Bangor or even, New Orleans, but the sound comes out “home.” This dot, this spot, this home leaves a mark no matter where you travel, how many times you move or where you live the longest.
Several times in my life this mark of home has caught me by surprise, bringing a wistful smile, a heart tug, a precious memory. Ridiculous as it may seem, my first awareness of home, New Orleans, being a permanent part of me, was on a train returning from a summer in California.
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