Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

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

Decades ago a small college out in the boondocks put Ambrose, a freshman, on a Greyhound Bus to attend a student convention in New York.

Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat

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

Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan

Melba comes home from the grocery… She was walking away from the dair… He was there with a pregnant girl… He said to Melba, “Ma’m, is this… Melba told him it was margarine.

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

A homeless man hangs himself from a tree at night in the city to close out the year. At dawn a passerby uses

The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,