Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a

When Fred was a boy, he heard his… talk about Grandpa going to town d… to sell the bounty of his harvest. On his farm he had eggs, butter an… vegetables and meat. He’d buy suga…

We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,

I can’t speak for the women attending this conference on Homeland Security. They’re scholars, too, brought here for their expertise.

Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out ...

Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able

I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright

Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,

Only the blind man with his leader dog and tapping cane stops when the homeless man standing near the curb

The alarm clock screams at 5 a.m. and I get up to attend a funeral 50 miles away, a long drive back to a corner of Chicago once rife with corned beef and cabbage but

A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through