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

It’s a disgusting thing but Paddy Gilhooley, who knew better as a child, had begun farting in church very early in life. He started in grammar school, many decades ago, long before the ...

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

Something’s still bright when a widow dies and her son flies in gives her body to science has the movers

Used to be she’d tell him what to get at the grocery store and he always brought it back. Now she makes a list.

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

The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.

Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

I look in the mirror and I’m not… Where did I go? I don’t know so I look around and see my wife with the dogs and kids. Not one of them sees me.

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

Do I write in the third person or only in the first? Do my ideas reign supreme or do other ideas work as well? Do I know I’m always right

Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having

The problem doesn’t lie in not knowing. It lies in our not seeking him because when we die we meet him and we’re blinded by

I will never forget him but I can’t remember his name it’s been so long ago. Maybe I never knew it. But I think of him on days