Every time we have a big election in America, my wife of many years asks me if I’m going to vote in the primary although she knows I never do because one has to decl…
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
A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick
A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
Oliver Jones, now gray and grizzl… cut the Miller’s lawn for years.… a victim of Agent Orange, Oliver’… almost as old as the Millers, his… Recently he’s left ridges and tuft…
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I
Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.
After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.
Jane told Tarzan toodle-oo and moved away to Arizona because although it’s hot out ther… it’s a dry heat and not the swamp of heat she found herself panting
Even though we’re getting older even rickety in some respects my wife and I remain involved in the joys of life.
A homeless man hangs himself from a tree at night in the city to close out the year. At dawn a passerby uses
I look in the mirror and I’m not… Where did I go? I don’t know so I look around and see my wife with the dogs and kids. Not one of them sees me.
Elmo has spent 40 years cutting hair in a little shop in a country town along the Mississippi. Vegetables and meat
