The hands on the atomic clock upstairs finally stopped spinning. As you know, my dear, the hands have been spinning for two weeks. This morning the clock stopped

They laugh at him because he’s weak by their standards but they don’t realize they’ve signed a

A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

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

This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day

What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other

Some never hear of him and likely never will— pygmies in Africa, aborigines in Tasmania, the indigenous in South America.

In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers

They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…

An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

Both of them had been to Korea. Both of them had made it back. One found a job

Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…

Decades ago a small college out in the boondocks put Ambrose, a freshman, on a Greyhound Bus to attend a student convention in New York.