You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know

She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…

The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.

The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars

You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he did.

The longer I live the greater Mar… compared with those who have tried… The man had integrity, guts, ideas… It was heartbreaking in the Sixti… filled with hope for change in Ame…

Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.

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

A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equal...