From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
Sometimes it helps to learn a relative has died a close relative you haven’t seen in years and didn’t plan to see again because
In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.
He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…
I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.
It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather
An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble
Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to
Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…
Perhaps there should be a hard rock band called myasthenia gravis. A rare disease for which there is no cure, MG doesn’t kill anyone right away but unmanaged it’s hard to live with. In ...
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
I take my wife to dinner at a fancy place for us to talk about money because stocks have a virus and we should move
He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney
Miyuki is old enough to have been a child during World War II. Indeed, some of her students are that old as well but they are eager to learn and listen to her carefully. She is a teache...