after Baghdad
Aaron loves the show on television about antiques. Tonight they have a Grecian vase worth close to a million dollars. Aaron has stuff in the basement
When Fred was a boy, he heard his… talk about Grandpa going to town d… to sell the bounty of his harvest. On his farm he had eggs, butter an… vegetables and meat. He’d buy suga…
He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him
It’s a 50th anniversary dinner for Bernie and Blanche at the Elk… After dessert Blanche grabs the m… and primes the crowd by announcing… “Fifty year’s we’ve been married
Lamentations loud amid the tears following Orlando. Another call to take guns from people
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.
You find old poems in the attic in a box with the Remington Rand you wrote them on in the Sixties before computers were born. They were published then in little
Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...
Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding
Six men were sitting at the table in the Day Room, as they call it, at the Whitehall Rest Home. They were playing poker and they had a newcomer in their midst. It was Bill, a retired fa...
Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice
Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up
A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride