It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...

I have a new email address. Old one may work for awhile but like life, it can stop at any time… One problem so far. This new address sends emails

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

Paul’s in his backyard on a Sunday afternoon barbecuing burgers. His wife and kids are hungry in the house.

Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice

I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly

Aaron loves the show on television about antiques. Tonight they have a Grecian vase worth close to a million dollars. Aaron has stuff in the basement

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

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain

The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.

On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk

On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a

Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...