In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case
He tried so hard to be everybody’s friend, agreed with everything we said. Some of us liked him, others were indifferent,
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially
I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat
In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.
Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings
A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equal...
Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…
Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…
Where will the lovely lady go on her diurnal walk? One child in 30 years she bore, now they do not talk. Supple, firm, her lithe legs are,
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...
I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard
Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother
Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until