This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

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

Harry and Grace had a carousel of marriage while it lasted. There were arguments galore and children by the score or so the neighbors thought

The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.

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

What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other

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 ...

Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia

They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them

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

She was about the doing not about applause canning tomatoes in summer baking pies in fall quilting winter away

If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you

Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.