When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck
River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.
Pete reads a story about an artist who never sold a painting until he… and then sold one for a million do… Finding the artist on the internet… his work is just odd shapes in bri…
She’s not young, his wife. They’ve been together 40 years but when she gardens in her shorts and he’s lying in his hammock she’… a lovely sight to see so when she
For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others
Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower
Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…
Almost toothless now, old Romeo puts his Bible down, relaxes in his rocker, pours brandy in his snifter and scribbles in his ledger
We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when the two o...
Don’t recall meeting a human being at the megastore staffed by robots in the flesh
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day
It was an ancient city. All the young people left as soon as they could but the old remained in their mortgaged huts
Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.
My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.
