Tattoos were anathema in ‘52 on any man who got one after an all-night drunk or to impress a girlfriend. But not a word was spoken to

Martin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens, he knows his wif...

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

America has no caste system but America has castes. Like every other nation America has its rich and poor with everyone else sardined

The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,

You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,

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

Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able

An old friend lost an old friend the other day. Jim said they were both getting up in years and he just happened to outlast Herman. Jim was black and Herman was white but that had never...

When my neighbor told me over the fence a month ago the doctor said she had two years to live,

Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

Herb’s a middle-age son with a big family and lots of pressure. Too busy to care for Mom and Pop so he drives to Shady Lane to see if he thinks they might like the p…

The haberdasher has that season of the year he rids his racks, his bins of oddments. I have no season of the year

Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep