Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

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

It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back

You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year

When a man’s young, this work is hard but it pays well and he can feed the wife and kids.

Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.

We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.

I’m on my way to Larry’s Place, a food pantry in the city. I park a block away because parking in front of Larry’s isn’t wise even if one drives

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney