In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.

Before the Inauguration the man must divest himself of his stocks and bonds close every hotel he owns lay off hundreds of employees

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

Redbud and dogwood have blossomed above the tulips and jonquils wher… Alice’s house used to be. A possum and raccoon nose around where the garage was before the to…

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

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

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues

Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn

Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.

Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...

If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,

Zenobia Jackson told Officer Murphy that her husband, Rufus, was 73 years old and “a wonderful man when he was awake” but for the past year he had been jerking “something terrible” duri...

Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings