Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up

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

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

Dylann Roof defended himself in the sentencing phase of his tri… after he was convicted of killing nine people during a Bible study, the nine people who welcomed him

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s

Every four years I vote and every four years for the last 40 years the same lady has signed me in

Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...

Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.

I like to watch master chefs on television do their thing. My favorite is Jacques Pépin when he has to chop an onion. No one chops an onion faster.

No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds

Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything