Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door

Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add

Since kindergarten Darius and Cla… have ridden the same bus to school from the city to way out in the su… They’re the only black kids in 8th… Their schoolmates have welcomed th…

We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree

My wife’s amazed when I station myself at the computer writing this or that despite a hound dog

Midnight in San Francisco. Yoshiko is 93 and she can’t sleep so she sits in her recliner and nibbles on a rice cake,

You can’t vote for him and you can’t vote for her and you can’t vote for the others you’ve never heard of. The others may not be as odd

Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties

A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or

You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes

When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up

Took the wife to a pancake house the other day. National franchise good food

I’m on my way to Larry’s Place, a food pantry in the city. I park a block away because parking in front of Larry’s isn’t wise even if one drives

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