They are a certain way certain ladies are today no matter where they are summer, fall winter, spring even

Only the blind man with his leader dog and tapping cane stops when the homeless man standing near the curb

Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add

It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with

And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,

“You live long enough and bad stuff happens,” Harry told Stella, slurping his coffee. “I’m 94 next week."

They’re getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except when they must

Dylann Roof defended himself in the sentencing phase of his tri… after he was convicted of killing nine people during a Bible study, the nine people who welcomed him

Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife

A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

I no longer put things back where they belong. I can’t remember where they came from never mind where

They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,

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