Grandpa has a grandson he hopes will win a scholarship to meet the high cost of college. He tells his grandson to learn how to play the tuba and apply
Spread 'Em for Anyone Edna had always had trouble with men. It started in high school when Ed… big for her age, hosted the soccer… one by one, provided they won.
The late Justice Scalia, a strict conservative on the Supreme Court, would have voted in favor of prayer
July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees
Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…
My wife’s amazed when I station myself at the computer writing this or that despite a hound dog
She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I
What if after Browne has gone one of us discovers who Browne was… leads the rally to his room before the maid has time to broom the web… retrieve from underneath the bed
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
Let me be a star and shine in places darkness dwells or let me be a bell and ring in places
They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
