Recommended by Philip Middleton Williams

Joni gives us an insightful look at the stream of consciousness that can tell the story of a life in the time it takes to put on your hat. And for those of us who are sharing their life -- virtually -- with someone of that age and with the memories, it's a precious and tender moment.

An eloquent elaboration on the truth that your right to raise your fist ends at the tip of my nose and told in such a reasonable and emphatic manner that no one can reasonably argue with it. Which is the whole point.

I had to laugh and nod at this play because not just an hour ago I was on a Zoom meeting with my own family and discussing my mom and her caregivers. I think Marj O'Neill-Butler has been listening in on our calls. The warmth and depth of the daughter and Mother who clearly love and care for each other despite every outward sign to the contrary is what makes this story so true to reality.

John Busser mixes sketch comedy (think Carol Burnett and Vicky Lawrence) with a sly insight into what we all hope will happen and what we expect when we consult with the spirits. Janice is looking for her true love, and Madame Claire has all the answers. Will you laugh a lot when you read it? Signs point to Yes!

The rule is usually is that "what you see here, what you say here, what you hear here, stays here," but in this kind of meeting, it's what you don't see, say, or hear that makes this fantasy trip work so well. Another Lee R. Lawing masterpiece of suspense and humor.

Sometimes hearing something hurtful and soulless can inspire a moment of hope, even if it is small and faint... an ember, perhaps. A life lesson well-framed and poetic.

Talk about your date from Hell... Actually, it's very charming in a demonic sort of way, and with the wit and humor that is uniquely Sicklesian, you will want to see what happens when the guy and the demon and the gal look for love... or at least a kiss.

Maybe this should be called "Gross Encounters of the Turd Kind."

This is not for the faint of heart, the dainty, or those who can't get their shit together, because this hilarious take on the film noir... or is it brun... is one long download of brownware. Scott Sickles holds nothing back and the list of euphemisms and colorful expressions that flow through it are worth the imagination, not to mention the cringing laughter.

An Elizabethan "oops" cleverly done in such a way that the Bard himself could have used it. Then again, if the friar had done his job, we'd never have had a certain play or a story from the west side.

A private moment that means nothing to anyone else but these two people, yet a universal cry of pain, of joy, of sorrow, of remembrance. Poetic and powerful.