Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street

We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...

Harvey has a special room in the basement that’s always lock… He keeps a safe there, some antiqu… and family memorabilia he fears midnight thieves might steal.

If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through

Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would ...

Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life

Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop

On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake

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

They’ll be coming for us, the old lady told the young man next to her, the two of them sitting on stones under the bridge surrounded by trolls

When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up

Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...

It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...