If you write with a quill, ballpoint pen or typewriter, you’re a lucky soul. But if you use a computer and write far better than
I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
It’s a simple procedure I’ve done for years many times a day. You’ll go home this afternoon, take it easy over the weekend,
Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up
Many years ago Miriam’s parents took the kids for the weekend while she and Jack motored north to fish for trout in Montana at Miriam’s request.
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
The weather report the night before said a foot of snow maybe more, heavy and wet.
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.
Tonight I can’t sleep so I ponder the universe and all the planets around me swirling in syncopation with me on one of them
Every time we have a big election in America, my wife of many years asks me if I’m going to vote in the primary although she knows I never do because one has to decl…
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.
Grandpa has a grandson he hopes will win a scholarship to meet the high cost of college. He tells his grandson to learn how to play the tuba and apply
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line
