This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

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

Walter Branham, a retired teacher, and his wife Victoria went to Applebee’s, the chain restaurant, for lunch one day last week. First time they had gone there. Usually they go to an eth...

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…

Let me be a star and shine in places darkness dwells or let me be a bell and ring in places

His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.

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

I should have said yes, meet you anywhere you want for lunch, even that greasy spoon with the lousy chili and corn dogs… Every five years or so we meet

Granny watches nature in the city from her window after the nurse takes her tray away. She likes to watch the bird feeder grandson Ahmad hung for cardinals,

I get an email every day from a man I don’t know and doesn’t know me. Many people receive blind copies of his emails.

They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem