We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf

Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

The two religions differ in a number of ways Insha’Allah! Alleluia! There’s a radical difference especially in their martyrs.

First, we place the neck on the bl… and put the basket underneath the head and then make sure the bl… is sharp enough before we ask the… one more time just to be polite:

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

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

Decades ago a small college out in the boondocks put Ambrose, a freshman, on a Greyhound Bus to attend a student convention in New York.

Drive around almost any city and you will find the homeless napping on a bench. Folks who drive to church on Sund… often view the homeless as litter

Two people so different can view the poor through different lenses and offer a solution but not the same solution

Smitty isn’t Schulte. He doesn’t drive a Cadillac and doesn’t hit his wife often any more. Schulte, on the other hand,

It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with

What if after Browne has gone one of us discovers who Browne was… leads the rally to his room before the maid has time to broom the web… retrieve from underneath the bed

A reporter asked Wilbur once if there were any advantages to being deaf and Wilbur used sign language to say not that he could think of

Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves

Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney