When we were kids growing up in the city we had prairies and a little hill and we’d put Stevie

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes

I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...

It boils down to this. There are two kinds of people in Upper Slobovia at the moment, those who prefer hard-boiled eggs chopped in their potato salad

I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.

A friend in England rings me up and we talk about this and that. He asks if my president’s in touch with all that’s going on and I say he should be in touch, going to

More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allow...

I lived in the attic back then, and late those evenings I had to s… and couldn’t afford to go drinking I’d run down to the deli and buy bagels and smoked lox.

A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare

Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,

Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to

Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad

Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…