I came back to You late and still don’t understand why the Father asked You to die for me and everyone else. I learned the Ten Commandments

Fred and Martha have always voted the same way since their marriage long ago but not this time and Fred wondered why Martha was voting the other way

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear

Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.

Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant “Patsy Foley’s roly-poly from eating too much ravioli.” At first, no one could remember w...

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

An old friend lost an old friend the other day. Jim said they were both getting up in years and he just happened to outlast Herman. Jim was black and Herman was white but that had never...

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s

I have a new email address. Old one may work for awhile but like life, it can stop at any time… One problem so far. This new address sends emails

One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone

Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.

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...

Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop