Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.

Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.

Fancy spam emails I don’t mind nor the ones cobbled in broken English from someone who says he’s with a bank overseas

I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat

It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…

Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college

Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

It’s a retirement haven for people with money but it works like a Roach Motel. People move i… but never move out. You and your wife move in to

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out

These are old people retired and driving slowly from small apartments in economy cars getting out on canes

A woman was seated next to me as we waited for the debate to sta… The candidates were late taking th… She said she shouldn’t have come because she couldn’t vote for eith…

For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others