I know this story to be true because I know Ruben and he wouldn’t lie even though Ruben and I have never met. He lives in Alabama in a hollow and I live in St. Louis. But that makes no ...
A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare
We’re troubled by the very rich we see only on TV and worry about the poor who sleep at night in doorways and in parks, the trul… with little more than the clothes…
In 1958 Elmer’s was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They ro...
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…
Simply because anchors have little to say means they’ll keep saying it till others believe. This is America.
Jimmy was visiting his father when Mr. Crenshaw called to say Mrs. Bittles had died the night before of a sudden heart attack.
After the Inauguration, perhaps he will take his family on vacatio… Hawaii’s an oasis during the winte… But in time he’ll watch for someth… that will challenge his skill set.
Everyone who has money should drop it in a vat and anyone who needs money should take what they need a Swede, a Dane and two
The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask
Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
Dive under any skirt that floats your way, Amish or otherwise, metaphorically speaking.
Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.
I’m on my way to Larry’s Place, a food pantry in the city. I park a block away because parking in front of Larry’s isn’t wise even if one drives
