Jimmy and Billy, two young men in kindergarten, went home from school every day just before noon. They lived in a small town in Nebraska, in the middle of farm country. It was the 1950s...

I bring a milkshake every other we… to an old man in a nursing home, a refugee from Germany who paid me 50 cents to cut his grass when I w… a kid in Chicago after WWII.

I no longer put things back where they belong. I can’t remember where they came from never mind where

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...

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics

They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

It’s a simple procedure I’ve done for years many times a day. You’ll go home this afternoon, take it easy over the weekend,

Strong man Samson told Delilah seven locks of hair were the secret of his strength

Bill hates to go to parties but he loves to go to wakes. One of the advantages of being old, he says, is that there are fewer parties to go to but a lot more wakes. At parties he finds ...