Sometimes you sit for days sucking yourself in praying the right words will fall in your ear toboggan over the whorls

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

Where did it go? I really don’t know. I lost it weeks ago in the middle of the night. Too tired to get up.

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...

Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues

Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.

They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching

The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,

The longer I live the greater Mar… compared with those who have tried… The man had integrity, guts, ideas… It was heartbreaking in the Sixti… filled with hope for change in Ame…

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