Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy

They’re getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except when they must

Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

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.

Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall

A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

It’s a disgusting thing but Paddy Gilhooley, who knew better as a child, had begun farting in church very early in life. He started in grammar school, many decades ago, long before the ...

The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.

You’re an old man in a nice suit and tie out with your wife at a fancy function with nice people

River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.