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.

Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.

Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding

Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but

First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney

Thirty years later, Dad came back and we met for Ham and Yams at To… Pouring his tea, he told me he had to restore power once at a newspaper warehouse

I started reading the paper early in grammar school to find the sports scores. It was fun for a child hoping to play

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

The uncommon is common in America today. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, Seinfeld

Martin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens, he knows his wif...

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

For years Willie has saved his mo… investing it in stocks and bonds, waiting to sit in his recliner each quarter with a martini reviewing his profits.

This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

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.