She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

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

The problem with Chloe is she moved to San Diego where the weather’s fair but hasn’t found anyone who’ll listen to her so she

They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…

A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or

It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...

Spring will eventually arrive, Tom tells his youngest daughter looking out the window at the snow… Take heart, he tells her, and listen for the blue jays when

Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot

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…

After he died on a tree, he rose and told the twelve before he ascended he would return some day. The twelve told others and they

Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but

Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway

The other day I was talking to a neighbor who said he has found a way to help the poor and improve our environment simultaneously. It’s no secret, he said, that we have a dire food shor...

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

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…