Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep

When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck

You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

Some never hear of him and likely never will— pygmies in Africa, aborigines in Tasmania, the indigenous in South America.

A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies

An old guy on the subway with a lunch bucket tells a young lady with a brief case Bernie hasn’t got a chance.

The tale’s a parable and it scares Bill more than any creepy clown hiding behind a tree

They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s

Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants

Since kindergarten Darius and Cla… have ridden the same bus to school from the city to way out in the su… They’re the only black kids in 8th… Their schoolmates have welcomed th…

You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes

Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off

Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...

I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children

Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall