Dive under any skirt that floats your way, Amish or otherwise, metaphorically speaking.

In 1962 my father toiled in Quinc… two weeks, no more, and saw no blacks except for two young ladies who moved like swans

Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...

I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

Anyone might have what you need if she’s choice in your eye. She can be big or small provided she has

Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11

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.

Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...

Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said

On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a

Fifty years ago Jane got on a plane and flew away without saying good-bye. Her parents took her, I know.

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

Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming