On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...

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…

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

It wasn’t long after her mother died my wife asked if her father could live with us. We had an empty apartment upstairs. Dad wouldn’t be much trouble, she said. He was old now and had d...

A mountain man is Fillmore but there are no mountains where Fillmore lives deep in a hollow. He’s never had a job

Little Nora and Grandpa Bill sit on swings in Grandma’s garden. A hummingbird arrives to sample the brilliant flowers at this buff… Grandpa Bill sees a teaching mome…

Some folks have a problem with aut… legitimate and otherwise, and I ha… a lifetime festering in that group… An event in youth convinced me tha… big people are no different than l…

A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick