When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

Decades ago a small college out in the boondocks put Ambrose, a freshman, on a Greyhound Bus to attend a student convention in New York.

Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,

It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with

You were a little older than three the day your father taught you how to pee, standing up. Your father trumpeted your triumph and your mother laughed in the kit…

After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.

Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.

Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...

Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said

Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…

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

It’s a retirement haven for people with money but it works like a Roach Motel. People move i… but never move out. You and your wife move in to