Every evening, up in my rooom, I try to finish a poem but Chicago is hot and it’s better outside,
In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.
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...
They’ve been married 50 years and never a sorry day, Wally likes to say. Melba’s been a great wife but she’s very sick and doctors sa…
Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year
The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about
Fred and Martha have always voted the same way since their marriage long ago but not this time and Fred wondered why Martha was voting the other way
Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney
Anyone might have what you need if she’s choice in your eye. She can be big or small provided she has
I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...
Wally Anderson, father of three daughters, was not pleased after reading an email from Shelly, his eldest, a week before Father’s Day. He thought she might be coming to visit for the ho...
All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror
My wife’s amazed when I station myself at the computer writing this or that despite a hound dog