Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…
You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes
The problem doesn’t lie in not knowing. It lies in our not seeking him because when we die we meet him and we’re blinded by
No Supper for a Year My wife looks out the kitchen wind… and tells me the starlings are bac… the same big flock as yesterday strolling around our yard
When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
He slaughters his hamburger steak with a fork and a butter knife, massacres ringlets of onions again and again thumps catsup all over
When you were a boy in 1948 living on a block of bungalows in Chicago right after WWII you had a red wagon you pulled behind your mother
Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...
The older I get the more beautiful they are without exception Donal Mahoney
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.
Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.
Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.
Thunder and lightning at first, as I understand it, and then the moon will split in half and disappear and the stars will go dark