The priest had been here earlier a… and relatives and friends in singl… “Sorry for your troubles,” one by… bending over Maggie Murphy, silen… a foot or so from Paddy, resplende…

It’s an old clock hanging on a wall in a small room on the third floor. We go up there

Pastor Homer is a jealous man and Opal gives him fits through 40 years of marriage dancing, laughing kissing other men

Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.

“We had the other ones done there,… “Why not go there again? Everythi… No complications. Who cares about… Bunch of do-gooders with hidden ca… “I don’t care about the publicity,…

Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife

It’s a simple procedure I’ve done for years many times a day. You’ll go home this afternoon, take it easy over the weekend,

Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…

Through the nursery glass Carlos Montero peeks at Consuela, his twelfth, in the arms of a nurs… Pink as a peony with brilliant black hair,

Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney

Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.

In 1961, Newton Minow said television is a vast wasteland. I was reading four papers a day th… and seldom watched television, had no opinion on what he said.

I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly

It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather