Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,

When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

I can’t speak for the women attending this conference on Homeland Security. They’re scholars, too, brought here for their expertise.

Years ago my wife bought three wall clocks, atomic clocks they’re called. They require no batteries and you don’t plug them in.

For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others

Tonight I can’t sleep so I ponder the universe and all the planets around me swirling in syncopation with me on one of them

They got along fine lying down but sitting up or standing, well that was quite another thing. Talking made things worse. Lying down they found

My mother always said my father was a little odd and she lived wit… all those years and should have kn… When we were small my sister and… knew he was different. No other fa…

When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine

In 1962 my father toiled in Quinc… two weeks, no more, and saw no blacks except for two young ladies who moved like swans

Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes

Does he remember? Jenny, how could he forget? Thirty years ago you roared into his office and raged about your cousin’s

It’s a very busy drug store with seats along the wall where folks who wait for refills sit and sometimes chat but as I discover you can

Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers