For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others
I take my wife to dinner at a fancy place for us to talk about money because stocks have a virus and we should move
Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
After all the tests and the doctor’s explanation she thinks of them not as 20 points of cancer but as 20 rusty nails
Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over
Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia
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
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...
I am sorry to hear the news. I lost it when I heard about hers and now to hear about yours. I’m livid at times, peaceful rarel… If you prefer, I won’t forward em…
Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney
The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner
