Jim Daley and Joe McCarthy had something in common. They died at 80 going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Walt O’Brien, their protege, found this out when he called the home...

If the greatest of these is charit… then tell me again why it’s gauche if this young man in a booth at a bar

Mrs. O’Malley from across the alley has another small job for my father to do which makes my mother

We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when the two o...

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

Let me be a star and shine in places darkness dwells or let me be a bell and ring in places

Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register

The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.

After 50 years Wilma at her class reunion thinks Waldo’s changed with age that he’s nice now, not the snake she wed