Willie has mixed emotions about homeless Syrians coming to America but his wife Millie says we should take them in.

A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies

After 50 years Wilma at her class reunion thinks Waldo’s changed with age that he’s nice now, not the snake she wed

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

When Bill was a lad his parents preached that Scripture was the truth. Decades later now Bill still believes that.

Because he works in an office and… and because she who tans anyway ha… returned from a week at the Beach, the commuters are certain she’s no… yet they rustle in their seats.

I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl

In 1958 Elmer’s was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They ro...

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

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

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.

He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches

One by one young nurses crisp in their white caps bring the old folks out crumpled in their wheelchairs from this towering building

I’m amazed at the difference between my friend and me. His response to life is so different from mine. I live deep in the city

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain