Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

They had things in common, Paul and June, at an age when most boys and girls don’t and maybe that’s why they were the only couple in sixth grade dating, if you can call it that. This wa...

This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

It tears the stomach out of Roy to see old folks shopping at an all-night grocery store ancient couples, on canes and walkers

Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.

Harry and Grace had a carousel of marriage while it lasted. There were arguments galore and children by the score or so the neighbors thought

She walks the rack of bright frock… as her husband, an Angus aging, paws at the carpet behind her. She wants the right dress to make verdant again the hills

In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books

Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming

Summer evenings after the news at 6 p.m. the Widow Murphy comes out of her tiny bungalow and sits on her front porch swing

Great Dane out walking day after the funeral small widow next door Donal Mahoney

Lamentations loud amid the tears following Orlando. Another call to take guns from people

If you’re a reprobate in recovery you have to be careful what you do… You’re no different than an alcoho… always in danger of falling again. At least an alcoholic has a diseas…

It’s a simple procedure I’ve done for years many times a day. You’ll go home this afternoon, take it easy over the weekend,