As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,
Harvey at 80 is losing his hearing. He can’t hear his wife when she talks, a symphony lost.
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back
Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college
In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes
When Bill was a lad his parents preached that Scripture was the truth. Decades later now Bill still believes that.
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
They got along fine lying down but sitting up or standing, well that was quite another thing. Talking made things worse. Lying down they found
A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
No more nudes in Playboy according to the anchor on the Nightly News. Playboy has declared nudes passé because
A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull
He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him