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

I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana

America had a choice November 8 between a devil they know and a devil they don’t. They chose

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

Hearts are stopping faster than usual among people I know and people I don’t married to other people

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

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

I turn the porch light on because it’s dark when I go out to find the morning paper. It’s still dark when I start back but when I’m on the porch I reach

A good reason to get married, Tim told me before he died, is you need a driver to take you home from a colonoscopy. When cancer runs in the family

We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor

Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy

It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,

Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...