As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,
Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add
Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…
The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.
The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a
If love’s real, not the puppy kind, it’s not just a feeling but an act of the will a constant giving
It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent
A woman was seated next to me as we waited for the debate to sta… The candidates were late taking th… She said she shouldn’t have come because she couldn’t vote for eith…
Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register
They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
Does he remember? Jenny, how could he forget? Thirty years ago you roared into his office and raged about your cousin’s