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…

There’s always something. Like the growth you found under your arm showering this morning but you decided to go

An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar

River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

Evil without we worry about but not so much evil within, parent to evil without. Evil within, once called sin,

A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

Sam’s collected knives for 50 year… and has 200, maybe more, relics from the Civil War and before. Someone gave him his first knife when he was 30 as a gift but

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

Forty years Leroy was a doorman at a nice hotel in a big city. He was a country boy the day he got the job because he was tall and the uniform fit, the manager s…

She’s at a flower show miles away arranging roses in a vase very carefully.

I should have said yes, meet you anywhere you want for lunch, even that greasy spoon with the lousy chili and corn dogs… Every five years or so we meet

An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble