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...
I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything
Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
We’re going dancing, my wife and… to a Charity Ball high in the sky… Glenn Miller’s band has been play… since 1944, the year his plane got… over the English Channel.
Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.
Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...
A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare
Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn
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
River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.
It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with
Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney
Herb’s wife says the grass needs cutting and Herb agrees. She says the neighbors are upset he hasn’t cut it for the last five weeks.