Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.

For years Rocky’s Diner had always done a great business for breakfast and lunch but his dinner business had fallen off recently as folks moved to the suburbs, got married, died or simp...

Handsome is as handsome does, Jeanie always said, when Donald was away on business.

Something’s still bright when a widow dies and her son flies in gives her body to science has the movers

It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…

Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register

The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.

Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy

In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.

We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

Linda’s an animal person who puts her money where her mouth is, owns a ranch outside the city and takes in kittens, puppies, birds that

Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn

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