Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but

Spread 'Em for Anyone Edna had always had trouble with men. It started in high school when Ed… big for her age, hosted the soccer… one by one, provided they won.

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over

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

Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out ...

There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear

Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

I look in the mirror and I’m not… Where did I go? I don’t know so I look around and see my wife with the dogs and kids. Not one of them sees me.

I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children