Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport
I take my wife to dinner at a fancy place for us to talk about money because stocks have a virus and we should move
In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband
A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick
We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree
It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent
It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with
It’s a disgusting thing but Paddy Gilhooley, who knew better as a child, had begun farting in church very early in life. He started in grammar school, many decades ago, long before the ...
I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly
Our house has a garret I never went up to until I retire… Now I’m up there almost every day unless I have to stay in bed until another spell passes.
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 ...
Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing
Many decades ago when I was a kid we always expected rain at 3 p.m. on Good Friday said to be the hour
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.
I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children