The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars
We have a drop-off problem in Ame… We must decide which restroom one can use when nature beckons. So far, tumult reigns among the pe… If we declare both genders equal
The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...
Annie has a nice washing machine n… but she remembers the one her mother had with the wringer, the old-fashioned kind. Her mother took in washing and whe…
Millicent was the daughter who danced ballet and sang until she met Butchie on a rainy day. He was in coveralls and cowboy hat and fixed
The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.
I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat
I wish he had never come out from behind the stove, that spider I stepped on at 4 a.m. He was a big one bothering no one.
Tonight I can’t sleep so I ponder the universe and all the planets around me swirling in syncopation with me on one of them
Years ago they came from many plac… to study writing at a university in the middle of America surrounded by lush corn fields. They worked hard, became friends,
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…
Gramps knows a minister who collects classic Corvettes. He rents another garage whenever he buys another Corvette. He says his estate will sell the c…
Can you hear me in the bunker, Le… Sorry to hear ISIS has you in a… But I’m delighted to know you’re… camouflaged in your bunker with an… Now you’re telling me ISIS is th…
