Paul’s not a veteran of Vietnam but he goes there in his dreams to watch his brother Tim walk in hazy streams sprayed with Agent Orange before he

Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.

Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be

I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl

Fred must explain Halloween to Op… when he gets home from the poker g… He just had another bad Halloween… He thinks Opal doesn’t know but E… from across the street called Opal

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

Zenobia Jackson told Officer Murphy that her husband, Rufus, was 73 years old and “a wonderful man when he was awake” but for the past year he had been jerking “something terrible” duri...

My mother always said my father was a little odd and she lived wit… all those years and should have kn… When we were small my sister and… knew he was different. No other fa…

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right

“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

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