It used to bother me to see odd people leapfrog parking meters and shout every day is Halloween until

Every morning before the sun comes up there’s a feral cat on our deck waiting for a can of Fancy Feast. It’s been that way for years.

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard

Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.

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

Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

Being poor on our patch of land was better than being poor all the years I’ve lived in the ci… We had a couple of cows, a rooster and seven hens.

After Saturday tennis I came home took a nap and woke up dizzy had trouble walking. My balance was off so I went to bed and slept 20 hours

Many years ago Miriam’s parents took the kids for the weekend while she and Jack motored north to fish for trout in Montana at Miriam’s request.

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

Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport

You can’t vote for him and you can’t vote for her and you can’t vote for the others you’ve never heard of. The others may not be as odd

Fred and Martha have always voted the same way since their marriage long ago but not this time and Fred wondered why Martha was voting the other way

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