Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues
“You live long enough and bad stuff happens,” Harry told Stella, slurping his coffee. “I’m 94 next week."
It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again
Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made
Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…
Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers
Couples age and a sign of age is w… the husband hires someone to shove… and the wife hires a cleaning lady… Sometimes the wife doesn’t like th… and the husband doesn’t like the c…
Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
He’s a citizen who has a problem with people walking toward him walking behind him walking next to him
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.