I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly
How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman
They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,
It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
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
Roscoe and two cousins rented a va… and drove to Mississippi for the f… of another cousin they grew up wit… It took six hours to get where three old men didn’t want to go
Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register
She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.
Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
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
For years Rocky’s Diner had always done a great business for breakfast and lunch but his dinner business had fallen off recently as folks moved to the suburbs, got married, died or simp...
Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...
In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes
