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

After Saturday tennis I came home took a nap and woke up dizzy had trouble walking. My balance was off so I went to bed and slept 20 hours

It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for ...

Fred must explain Halloween to Op… when he gets home from the poker g… He just had another bad Halloween… He thinks Opal doesn’t know but E… from across the street called Opal

She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he

In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers

Jack’s a widower. His wife died years ago so every year he takes a plane and helps his mother decorate his childhood home for Christmas.

Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...

This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,

Alvin didn’t want to be anybody else. He didn’t want to be himself either. Money wasn’t a problem.

Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master

Inferno of a summer day Mother’s dozing Tommy, tiny, three, paring knife in hand tiptoes out, flops

You think it’s easy, embalming bodies in these nightmares I have every night, bodies a vulture

A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens