He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn
Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...
In 1961, Newton Minow said television is a vast wasteland. I was reading four papers a day th… and seldom watched television, had no opinion on what he said.
Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up
Inferno of a summer day Mother’s dozing Tommy, tiny, three, paring knife in hand tiptoes out, flops
He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, ...
Pistols in holsters very early this morning. She’s wearing a bra Donal Mahoney
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
Tattoos were anathema in ‘52 on any man who got one after an all-night drunk or to impress a girlfriend. But not a word was spoken to
The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,
They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often
I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…
If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through
Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him
Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop