In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books
It doesn’t matter who wins. Life will go on as it has in previous years when others have won and have taken charge.
Fuzzy wasn’t my cat although I fed him every morning at four o’clock for 10 years. He was my wife’s cat, loved to sit on her lap, be petted, jump down and rub his head against her feet....
He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, ...
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
When will you understand it’s all about me. The world we live in whirls around my axis. Once you understand
Walter Branham, a retired teacher, and his wife Victoria went to Applebee’s, the chain restaurant, for lunch one day last week. First time they had gone there. Usually they go to an eth...
I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat
One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone
They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper
If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you
When Martha gets home from cooking class this afternoon, Martin will be gone after 30 years of marriage. Martha won’t know why
You’re standing on a window ledge on the 50th floor of your building… It’s Valentine’s Day in Manhatta… clouds cruising, sun everywhere, a nice breeze tossing your hair,