I started reading the paper early in grammar school to find the sports scores. It was fun for a child hoping to play

Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop,

When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues

Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…

The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about

Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...

The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,

Every morning before the sun comes up there’s a feral cat on our deck waiting for a can of Fancy Feast. It’s been that way for years.

It used to bother me to see odd people leapfrog parking meters and shout every day is Halloween until

The guillotine dropped between you and a friend over coffee and small talk. The first time it dropped it was someone who said

He’s a chef today but Raj Patel was once a swami in another life and a mongoose twice in other lives as well. All this occurred in Bangalore

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher