Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…

He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches

Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot

The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars

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

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

Zenobia Jackson told Officer Murphy that her husband, Rufus, was 73 years old and “a wonderful man when he was awake” but for the past year he had been jerking “something terrible” duri...

My mother always said my father was a little odd and she lived wit… all those years and should have kn… When we were small my sister and… knew he was different. No other fa…

My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...

It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent

The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner

America has no caste system but America has castes. Like every other nation America has its rich and poor with everyone else sardined

Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...

A tragedy happened to Willie and Millie after years of marriage… All their kids were doing well and had nice families of their own but tragedy struck one dawn before