Fred visits Bill every month at the facility he’s been in for year… Age and booze brought Bill there. He’s still strapped to his bed so he can’t go wandering again

As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

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

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

You never know who’ll be there though folks are dying to get in. Then suddenly you’re at the door, hat in hand,

It’s a 50th anniversary dinner for Bernie and Blanche at the Elk… After dessert Blanche grabs the m… and primes the crowd by announcing… “Fifty year’s we’ve been married

The blind artist paints life as he wants it to be a tranquil sky a big sun smiling everyone laughing.

He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens

As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...

Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a

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

I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly