It’s a very busy drug store with seats along the wall where folks who wait for refills sit and sometimes chat but as I discover you can

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids

You thought you knew her. She thought she knew you. Neither was true but this happens at times at Happy Hour on Fridays

Harvey has a special room in the basement that’s always lock… He keeps a safe there, some antiqu… and family memorabilia he fears midnight thieves might steal.

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

It’s never what she says always how she says it and how she stands when she says it and what she says

You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know

Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Through the nursery glass Carlos Montero peeks at Consuela, his twelfth, in the arms of a nurs… Pink as a peony with brilliant black hair,

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

He lives at the edge of a forest and loves all the different trees. He comes to the city for food and basic necessities. He hates the long drive