Jack, age 6, loves the iPad he uses in kindergarten. He already navigates the net to some degree. But when he accompanied his father to the Post Office, he sat quietly on a bench and re...

Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

She speaks the truth as she always has in 40 years of marriage especially when she’s lost in making dinner

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull

There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week

Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat

Some women use perfume and that’s fine. Some don’t and that’s fine too. Over the years

His cardiologist says Fred’s doing well for a man of 80. It won’t be his heart that kills him.

Three are known by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but there are a zillion angels, pure spirits who have no wings like those we draw on Cherubim,

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door