He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens
When a writer lacks verbs and nouns he’s the victim of writer’s block. His mind may house
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
After Yeats and Heaney, you wonder when the new one will come galloping out of Dublin or perhaps from yet another farm
No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds
I found an old friend in a cardboard box in the basement where I left him forty years ago.
Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle
When Martha gets home from cooking class this afternoon, Martin will be gone after 30 years of marriage. Martha won’t know why
It’s never what she says always how she says it and how she stands when she says it and what she says
You have to have regulations in any industry, the hog farmer told the slaughter house CEO visiting his farm that day. Otherwise raising hogs
Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot
The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher