Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s

America has no caste system but America has castes. Like every other nation America has its rich and poor with everyone else sardined

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.

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.

The tale’s a parable and it scares Bill more than any creepy clown hiding behind a tree

A refugee from another country tel… people thrive on proving their bel… more than understanding one anothe… They will let a stereotype fall on… like a cheap dress as long as it f…

Far from the city way out in the country a hot afternoon in high summer as we drive down a bumpy road bouncing one mail box past

There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out

No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...

In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.

No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…

There’s a football field between u… I’m in one of the end zones bellow… and you’re in the other one bawlin… the cliffs of your cheekbones streaked with mascara.