I learned a murmuration is a flock of starlings whirling and turning in the sky, changing directions in a second, flying back again, blackening

“One stall for all” is a new scenario for Wilbur. Thanks to his wife, he knew in the past the right thing to do but now he doesn’t know what

Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but

A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.

Old lady on a park bench hunkered down babushka and shawl snow and wind dancing everywhere

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it

Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.

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

It’s war plain and simple when I fill the feeder out in the sycamore with millet and niger

Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life

No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps