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Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.
I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back
They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
Something’s still bright when a widow dies and her son flies in gives her body to science has the movers
July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees
Wally made the long drive home from vacation on Election Day because he wanted to vote. He went for a jog and then to the… and cast his vote for his candidat…
Willie has mixed emotions about homeless Syrians coming to America but his wife Millie says we should take them in.
Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street
In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.
There are Merry-Go-Rounds on Main Street all over America. They hide in storefronts offering payday loans to people who can’t borrow money anywhere else.
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s
That my parents were Irish immigrants is probably the most significant factor in my writing life. The English expelled my father from Ireland around 1920 at age 18 or so for running gun...
