It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

Three times a day a train roars through a field a farm away booming like an Angus bull looking for companionship.

A homeless man hangs himself from a tree at night in the city to close out the year. At dawn a passerby uses

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

You take care now, Harold, and don’t slip on the ice looking for a good bookstore on the streets of Chicago. Print is dead, Harold,

After Saturday tennis I came home took a nap and woke up dizzy had trouble walking. My balance was off so I went to bed and slept 20 hours

Little Nora and Grandpa Bill sit on swings in Grandma’s garden. A hummingbird arrives to sample the brilliant flowers at this buff… Grandpa Bill sees a teaching mome…

They got along fine lying down but sitting up or standing, well that was quite another thing. Talking made things worse. Lying down they found

I know this story to be true because I know Ruben and he wouldn’t lie even though Ruben and I have never met. He lives in Alabama in a hollow and I live in St. Louis. But that makes no ...

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

Yes, fifty years ago today it happened. Quite a story. He was your favorite uncle and he liked you a lot too. You were all torn up.

Forget the fall equinox. Fall arrives when all the moths that dance on summer nights around the porch light disappear when the first cold dawn appears.

Paul’s in his backyard on a Sunday afternoon barbecuing burgers. His wife and kids are hungry in the house.

No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds