It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with
Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever
Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney
America has had presidents who will be remembered as much for what they said as for what they did. Americans will never forget
This traveling salesman has worn out six vans in 40 years and he hopes to retire soon. Age and illness
The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask
Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...
“Tell Pablo I cannot see!” says the man in the Picasso painti… as I pass by, program in hand. The man has a hairy nose where each of his ears should be.
If the goal of business is to make a profit and it is—and if the goal of government is to take care of people
Jane told Tarzan toodle-oo and moved away to Arizona because although it’s hot out ther… it’s a dry heat and not the swamp of heat she found herself panting
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
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
On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk
You can’t vote for him and you can’t vote for her and you can’t vote for the others you’ve never heard of. The others may not be as odd
The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.