After all the tests and the doctor’s explanation she thinks of them not as 20 points of cancer but as 20 rusty nails

Some never hear of him and likely never will— pygmies in Africa, aborigines in Tasmania, the indigenous in South America.

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,

Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...

There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room

It tears the stomach out of Roy to see old folks shopping at an all-night grocery store ancient couples, on canes and walkers

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

It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem

Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because

I love my wife and so I licked it lovingly at the very tip the ice cream cone she got me when I’d

They are a certain way certain ladies are today no matter where they are summer, fall winter, spring even

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

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.