Walt told the cops later his moods come and go like crows on the high wire above his art studio. They land in a swoop,
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.
I understand what you mean when you say you’re alone and hope someone rings your bell day or night but that’s not the case with me.
Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s
He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.
Thirty years later, Dad came back and we met for Ham and Yams at To… Pouring his tea, he told me he had to restore power once at a newspaper warehouse
Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a
Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...
I started reading the paper early in grammar school to find the sports scores. It was fun for a child hoping to play
He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens
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
Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having
Wally Anderson, father of three daughters, was not pleased after reading an email from Shelly, his eldest, a week before Father’s Day. He thought she might be coming to visit for the ho...
The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado