The Author
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother’s immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands. … Read more >>
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Alack! Alack!
Alack, alack! A plague has ruined the Montague and Capulet families, sworn enemies at the start — in the end [...]
April’s breezes
Spring is tightly wound and about to unfurl. My lilac bush nearly bloomed without my notice. Within one month, spiral [...]
a ball field, and memories made
Sometimes on lunchtime walks I just walk and other times I think of all the hours I’ve spent here — [...]