On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be

In 1962, I was a caseworker, not a social worker, in the Cabrini-Green Housing Project in Chicago. In that era, the difference between a caseworker and a social worker was simple. A soc...

Jimmy and Billy, two young men in kindergarten, went home from school every day just before noon. They lived in a small town in Nebraska, in the middle of farm country. It was the 1950s...

Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing

You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

The nice thing about crossword puz… as an obsession, Phil tells Bill,… keep you away from other obsession… that might engage your attention a… benefit no one. For example

Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen

The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.

There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear

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…

A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.

I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children

Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport

The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...