Story in the paper this morning almost ruined breakfast. In a rural county far from where… the natives shoot stray dogs on si… In my city, an agency picks up str…
how does one handle nude on the beach extremities starfished almost asleep how does one handle
Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties
They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle
Sometimes it helps to learn a relative has died a close relative you haven’t seen in years and didn’t plan to see again because
She walks the rack of bright frock… as her husband, an Angus aging, paws at the carpet behind her. She wants the right dress to make verdant again the hills
Gramps knows a minister who collects classic Corvettes. He rents another garage whenever he buys another Corvette. He says his estate will sell the c…
Like that broad in an apricot bra hanging over the sill of her tenement window, the sun is over me now, its nectar laughing and falling.
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
Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out ...
He lives in the attic of the brownstone down on the corner, been there for years. He’s seen twice a day
No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,
Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…
I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...