Like the poor the sparrows we will always have with us, my neighbor lady tells me as she feeds the birds
Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold
I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon
Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother
You were a little older than three the day your father taught you how to pee, standing up. Your father trumpeted your triumph and your mother laughed in the kit…
Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,
Two old men meet for coffee once a week at a diner while their wives play cribbage. Jim says he has a problem. His wife leaves the water running
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
The other day I was talking to a neighbor who said he has found a way to help the poor and improve our environment simultaneously. It’s no secret, he said, that we have a dire food shor...
Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life