There’s a force that makes a boulder hard to push up a hill. And there’s always a boulder and always a hill when it comes to helping the poor find something
Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,
Sometimes she sits there and listens to him. Sometimes he sits there and listens to her. Sometimes they know
Midnight in San Francisco. Yoshiko is 93 and she can’t sleep so she sits in her recliner and nibbles on a rice cake,
I turn the porch light on because it’s dark when I go out to find the morning paper. It’s still dark when I start back but when I’m on the porch I reach
Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good
A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right
The hands on the atomic clock upstairs finally stopped spinning. As you know, my dear, the hands have been spinning for two weeks. This morning the clock stopped
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
She’s been making quilts for half a century and he’s been making poems that long as well and every now and then he brings a chocolate shake to her place
The old priest who won’t retire despite his bishop’s hints rides his bike around the parish every day for exercise. He waves and smiles at everyone
Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop,
Years ago they came from many plac… to study writing at a university in the middle of America surrounded by lush corn fields. They worked hard, became friends,
He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him