“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s
Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences
A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand
He was predictable all those years going home after work doing odd jobs around the house
They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
Mrs. Ryan keeps her cat inside at… but lets it out at dawn to go anyw… while she’s at work. Every day the… crosses the road to call on the Wi… Mrs. Ryan doesn’t know her cat ca…
Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while
You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know
Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids
The two religions differ in a number of ways Insha’Allah! Alleluia! There’s a radical difference especially in their martyrs.
This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day
He lives in the attic of the brownstone down on the corner, been there for years. He’s seen twice a day
No Supper for a Year My wife looks out the kitchen wind… and tells me the starlings are bac… the same big flock as yesterday strolling around our yard
For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others