It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…

Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird

Let me be a star and shine in places darkness dwells or let me be a bell and ring in places

A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,

There’s a moral to this story. Police in St. Louis have arrested a teen for felony auto theft. They asked her why she did it. She said the owners didn’t

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

The poor are hungry in America. Their numbers would fill stadiums throughout this prosperous land. And feral cats are running wild, eating songbirds in our yards,

He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him

Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

Fred and Martha have always voted the same way since their marriage long ago but not this time and Fred wondered why Martha was voting the other way

It’s a retirement haven for people with money but it works like a Roach Motel. People move i… but never move out. You and your wife move in to

I came back to You late and still don’t understand why the Father asked You to die for me and everyone else. I learned the Ten Commandments