The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,

What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other

A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens

They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture

I will never forget him but I can’t remember his name it’s been so long ago. Maybe I never knew it. But I think of him on days

The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about

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…

Young Tim goes to Zaire to write his dissertation in African Studies. While there he meets and marries a beautiful librarian

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney

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.”

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…

Years ago my wife bought three wall clocks, atomic clocks they’re called. They require no batteries and you don’t plug them in.

Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties

The problem doesn’t lie in not knowing. It lies in our not seeking him because when we die we meet him and we’re blinded by

Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.