In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.

Walt told the cops later his moods come and go like crows on the high wire above his art studio. They land in a swoop,

Two people so different can view the poor through different lenses and offer a solution but not the same solution

On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk

As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,

Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian

Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...

Simply because anchors have little to say means they’ll keep saying it till others believe. This is America.

Every four years I vote and every four years for the last 40 years the same lady has signed me in

I will never forget him but I can’t remember his name it’s been so long ago. Maybe I never knew it. But I think of him on days

Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes

Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s

I started reading the paper early in grammar school to find the sports scores. It was fun for a child hoping to play