In 1958 Elmer’s was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They ro...
Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
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
Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.
I was very small the day they bombed Pearl Harbor but I remember my mother dashing around the kitchen saying nothing to me
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.
The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.
I bring a milkshake every other we… to an old man in a nursing home, a refugee from Germany who paid me 50 cents to cut his grass when I w… a kid in Chicago after WWII.
America had a choice November 8 between a devil they know and a devil they don’t. They chose
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with
Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop
If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you