Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever
If the greatest of these is charit… then tell me again why it’s gauche if this young man in a booth at a bar
She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
The older I get the more I realiz… the importance of getting things d… before your mother announces anoth… assignment to roust me from my ham… As you know I’ve never been much
Sometimes a woman leaves a man for another man or just leaves. Sometimes a woman
When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
Mrs. Ryan keeps her cat inside at… but lets it out at dawn to go anyw… while she’s at work. Every day the… crosses the road to call on the Wi… Mrs. Ryan doesn’t know her cat ca…
Being poor on our patch of land was better than being poor all the years I’ve lived in the ci… We had a couple of cows, a rooster and seven hens.
A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick
The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.
Almost toothless now, old Romeo puts his Bible down, relaxes in his rocker, pours brandy in his snifter and scribbles in his ledger
I have a friend, old and retired, who keeps busy helping the poor. Let’s call him Ted because he wants to remain anonymous. Some of his ideas, he says, wouldn’t make many of his neighbo...
Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted
His cardiologist says Fred’s doing well for a man of 80. It won’t be his heart that kills him.