There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Harry and Grace had a carousel of marriage while it lasted. There were arguments galore and children by the score or so the neighbors thought
That my parents were Irish immigrants is probably the most significant factor in my writing life. The English expelled my father from Ireland around 1920 at age 18 or so for running gun...
In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband
When Martha gets home from cooking class this afternoon, Martin will be gone after 30 years of marriage. Martha won’t know why
The police have announced the arrest of an ecumenical fellow who in less than two weeks in the middle of the night set fir… to seven churches in St. Louis.
America has no caste system but America has castes. Like every other nation America has its rich and poor with everyone else sardined
We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb
I’m amazed at the difference between my friend and me. His response to life is so different from mine. I live deep in the city
Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.
The old priest who won’t retire despite his bishop’s hints rides his bike around the parish every day for exercise. He waves and smiles at everyone
Both of them had been to Korea. Both of them had made it back. One found a job
Hearts are stopping faster than usual among people I know and people I don’t married to other people
Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make