Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would ...

Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing

An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level

It’s many miles from easy to the e… For some, the end is dawn. For ot… the nightfall of imbroglio because the end depends upon your ticket and every ticket’s punched one-way…

In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth

We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,

Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

It wasn’t long after her mother died my wife asked if her father could live with us. We had an empty apartment upstairs. Dad wouldn’t be much trouble, she said. He was old now and had d...

Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind