Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.

We see stories on the internet that are simply fake news, many of them malicious as well. It’s hard to tell the difference but a single sentence found

When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem

Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming

All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror

When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,

After two thousand years we still have folks who blame the Jews for killing Christ even though Pilate the Gentile could have

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,

In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about

Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.