Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...

Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college

We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially

The nice thing about crossword puz… as an obsession, Phil tells Bill,… keep you away from other obsession… that might engage your attention a… benefit no one. For example

Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties

He’s a citizen who has a problem with people walking toward him walking behind him walking next to him

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot

Someone has to cut the grass Molly tells Bill dozing off in his recliner too weary to cut it. For years a vet from Vietnam

There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week

Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...

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

Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted

Two old men meet for coffee once a week at a diner while their wives play cribbage. Jim says he has a problem. His wife leaves the water running