This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up
Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or
We’re going dancing, my wife and… to a Charity Ball high in the sky… Glenn Miller’s band has been play… since 1944, the year his plane got… over the English Channel.
Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…
An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar
I started reading the paper early in grammar school to find the sports scores. It was fun for a child hoping to play
You thought you knew her. She thought she knew you. Neither was true but this happens at times at Happy Hour on Fridays
This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up
In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.
Handsome is as handsome does, Jeanie always said, when Donald was away on business.
Smitty isn’t Schulte. He doesn’t drive a Cadillac and doesn’t hit his wife often any more. Schulte, on the other hand,
You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying