Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s

You see things at the rest home you don’t expect to see. New veteran in his Korea cap is whipping everyone else in pool. He never has to bend over

Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...

You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying

An old guy on the subway with a lunch bucket tells a young lady with a brief case Bernie hasn’t got a chance.

After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet

My wife’s upset because I won’t answer the phone in the middle of the night even though the phone’s on my side of the bed.

He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls

Dreams I can’t remember cause a conflagration fire hoses can’t put out. Dreams I can recall arrive in technicolor.

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...

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,

Long article in the paper this morning stops Tim from gobbling his bacon and eggs. Bears are starving in the woods. Too many cubs, too little food.

It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back