It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for ...
He’s a citizen who has a problem with people walking toward him walking behind him walking next to him
Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.
The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado
The alarm clock screams at 5 a.m. and I get up to attend a funeral 50 miles away, a long drive back to a corner of Chicago once rife with corned beef and cabbage but
He wants to be fair to both sides because there’s an election coming soon so he tells his side every day
I have a new email address. Old one may work for awhile but like life, it can stop at any time… One problem so far. This new address sends emails
Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
Inferno of a summer day Mother’s dozing Tommy, tiny, three, paring knife in hand tiptoes out, flops
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings
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
On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be
No Supper for a Year My wife looks out the kitchen wind… and tells me the starlings are bac… the same big flock as yesterday strolling around our yard
