Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister
A mountain man is Fillmore but there are no mountains where Fillmore lives deep in a hollow. He’s never had a job
Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,
The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...
The old priest who won’t retire despite his bishop’s hints rides his bike around the parish every day for exercise. He waves and smiles at everyone
When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do
Mrs. Ryan keeps her cat inside at… but lets it out at dawn to go anyw… while she’s at work. Every day the… crosses the road to call on the Wi… Mrs. Ryan doesn’t know her cat ca…
I have a new email address. Old one may work for awhile but like life, it can stop at any time… One problem so far. This new address sends emails
The other day I was talking to a neighbor who said he has found a way to help the poor and improve our environment simultaneously. It’s no secret, he said, that we have a dire food shor...
The alarm clock screams at 5 a.m. and I get up to attend a funeral 50 miles away, a long drive back to a corner of Chicago once rife with corned beef and cabbage but
A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right
Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.
Anyone might have what you need if she’s choice in your eye. She can be big or small provided she has
In 1962, I was a caseworker, not a social worker, in the Cabrini-Green Housing Project in Chicago. In that era, the difference between a caseworker and a social worker was simple. A soc...
Let me be a star and shine in places darkness dwells or let me be a bell and ring in places