At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants

Jack Bogan died last week, the la… of the Whippets, a garage band big in a small way back in the Sixties… The Whippets had a following in Chicago and its suburbs.

One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone

Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him

It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…

Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing

It’s never what she says always how she says it and how she stands when she says it and what she says

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…

Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves

The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more

Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming

Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…