You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes

Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing

Grandma Gretchen’s in her rocker and she has something to say. She tells a visitor, a young man from the city, if he plans to write a book about life on a farm in the Fifties, he likely...

For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others

Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

Ginny didn’t know if it was a large pond or a small lake in the middle of the beautiful park where she had been hired right after high school to help with maintenance of the grounds. No...

I turn on the news to see who won the game last night but first the scores from hot spots in the city. Two people are killed

It’s a retirement haven for people with money but it works like a Roach Motel. People move i… but never move out. You and your wife move in to

Used to be she’d tell him what to get at the grocery store and he always brought it back. Now she makes a list.

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

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

Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.

Some folks have a problem with aut… legitimate and otherwise, and I ha… a lifetime festering in that group… An event in youth convinced me tha… big people are no different than l…