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They buried Colleen Garrity today a woman 95 few people thought would ever die and what a lovely eulogy her cousin Paddy gave. Paddy must be 80 if a day yet he
I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
Two people so different can view the poor through different lenses and offer a solution but not the same solution
If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused
Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master
It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
I have a friend, old and retired, who keeps busy helping the poor. Let’s call him Ted because he wants to remain anonymous. Some of his ideas, he says, wouldn’t make many of his neighbo...
We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,
Carnage rolls across the sand amid the silence of imams Women raped,
Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to
Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made
Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...
Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted
My wife’s upset because I won’t answer the phone in the middle of the night even though the phone’s on my side of the bed.
