In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
It’s not the beach. It’s a lake of fire, if it’s there. That lake we heard about in
Walter Branham, a retired teacher, and his wife Victoria went to Applebee’s, the chain restaurant, for lunch one day last week. First time they had gone there. Usually they go to an eth...
The others, of course, are more ra… but less apt to show it. Whenever I strike, I never romp o… I stand with the wrist that I’ve… from the lady locked in my teeth
Someone broke in the house the weekend the elderly couple was out of town, a family thing. The TV, the couch and computer were gone.
No youngster himself, Fred often… “There are always preludes to hell… For Fred one of those preludes is… the things in life Fred can’t fix.… Another prelude is paying the trad…
It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...
Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…
Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good
They had things in common, Paul and June, at an age when most boys and girls don’t and maybe that’s why they were the only couple in sixth grade dating, if you can call it that. This wa...
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
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.
Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding