Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.

A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time

Do you remember how to tie a Windsor knot the way your father taught you on graduation day in eighth grade

Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.

America has had presidents who will be remembered as much for what they said as for what they did. Americans will never forget

The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado

Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until

After all the tests and the doctor’s explanation she thinks of them not as 20 points of cancer but as 20 rusty nails

These are old people retired and driving slowly from small apartments in economy cars getting out on canes

On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.

She’s at a flower show miles away arranging roses in a vase very carefully.

An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble

As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...

Oliver Jones, now gray and grizzl… cut the Miller’s lawn for years.… a victim of Agent Orange, Oliver’… almost as old as the Millers, his… Recently he’s left ridges and tuft…

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues