Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings

This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day

More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allow...

America has two kinds of migrants, those with money and those with hope, a farmer’s wife told me the day I stopped to buy some eggs.

The blind artist paints life as he wants it to be a tranquil sky a big sun smiling everyone laughing.

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

“Tell Pablo I cannot see!” says the man in the Picasso painti… as I pass by, program in hand. The man has a hairy nose where each of his ears should be.

After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she

Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having

Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

It was stupid of Walt not to show it to Joan before they got married but he was too shy. He had no idea

Does he remember? Jenny, how could he forget? Thirty years ago you roared into his office and raged about your cousin’s