My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

Jimmy and Billy, two young men in kindergarten, went home from school every day just before noon. They lived in a small town in Nebraska, in the middle of farm country. It was the 1950s...

Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,

Jack, age 6, loves the iPad he uses in kindergarten. He already navigates the net to some degree. But when he accompanied his father to the Post Office, he sat quietly on a bench and re...

They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Deep into a warm winter the Japanese red maple keeps her crown of brilliant leaves as if to prove to the evergreens especially that big blue spruce

If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you

The problem doesn’t lie in not knowing. It lies in our not seeking him because when we die we meet him and we’re blinded by

The nice thing about crossword puz… as an obsession, Phil tells Bill,… keep you away from other obsession… that might engage your attention a… benefit no one. For example

You were a little older than three the day your father taught you how to pee, standing up. Your father trumpeted your triumph and your mother laughed in the kit…