No youngster himself, Fred often… “There are always preludes to hell… For Fred one of those preludes is… the things in life Fred can’t fix.… Another prelude is paying the trad…

It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for ...

The police have announced the arrest of an ecumenical fellow who in less than two weeks in the middle of the night set fir… to seven churches in St. Louis.

It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

The others, of course, are more ra… but less apt to show it. Whenever I strike, I never romp o… I stand with the wrist that I’ve… from the lady locked in my teeth

One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone

Every morning before the sun comes up there’s a feral cat on our deck waiting for a can of Fancy Feast. It’s been that way for years.

Three are known by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but there are a zillion angels, pure spirits who have no wings like those we draw on Cherubim,

I don’t see her often since she died but when I do it’s eerie over there at dawn or dusk.

Many years later when I meet her… on my way out of the Russian Tea… I notice how beautiful she is dini… a man more attentive than I was ba… But I see chaos dancing in her ey…

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

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

Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian

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