Thunder and lightning at first, as I understand it, and then the moon will split in half and disappear and the stars will go dark

Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot

We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb

It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

Two old men meet for coffee once a week at a diner while their wives play cribbage. Jim says he has a problem. His wife leaves the water running

Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but

Someday you’ll be in bed dying like I am now and people you love and some you don’t will come by to say good-bye. They don’t know what to say because we’re all amat…

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

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

You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…

Willie has mixed emotions about homeless Syrians coming to America but his wife Millie says we should take them in.

Jim Daley and Joe McCarthy had something in common. They died at 80 going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Walt O’Brien, their protege, found this out when he called the home...

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to