Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said

Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian

A neighbor lady I hadn’t seen in a year I heard was bedridden. Her former husband dropped by, asked if I’d to take in her trash… when I brought in my own.

Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves

Unlike his peers his office holds no photo of a wife no indication that he has fathered five

He’s a citizen who has a problem with people walking toward him walking behind him walking next to him

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.

It’s not the beach. It’s a lake of fire, if it’s there. That lake we heard about in

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties

Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem

Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up

America has two kinds of migrants, those with money and those with hope, a farmer’s wife told me the day I stopped to buy some eggs.