Many years ago Miriam’s parents took the kids for the weekend while she and Jack motored north to fish for trout in Montana at Miriam’s request.

Paul’s not a veteran of Vietnam but he goes there in his dreams to watch his brother Tim walk in hazy streams sprayed with Agent Orange before he

If he were perfect he wouldn’t be Dan the Handyman, laying tile in crooked rows,

A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick

Does he remember? Jenny, how could he forget? Thirty years ago you roared into his office and raged about your cousin’s

What will she do with him? That is, if she’s elected. She’ll have to take him with her to the White House after keeping him in the doghouse.

It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather

I no longer put things back where they belong. I can’t remember where they came from never mind where

Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I

In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.

I’ll have to ask some preacher what if he comes when it’s inconvenient when I’m bowling or lifting a stein of lager

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be