In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.
Do you remember how to tie a Windsor knot the way your father taught you on graduation day in eighth grade
It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues
When a writer lacks verbs and nouns he’s the victim of writer’s block. His mind may house
In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven o...
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
It was nearly midnight and I was driving home after a long day when I realized there was no cat food in the house and I would be facing the same trio of feral cats bright and early at t...
Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...
Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…
Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.
He wants to be fair to both sides because there’s an election coming soon so he tells his side every day
Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until
Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,
