Oliver Jones, now gray and grizzl… cut the Miller’s lawn for years.… a victim of Agent Orange, Oliver’… almost as old as the Millers, his… Recently he’s left ridges and tuft…
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
Jimmy and Billy, two young men in kindergarten, went home from school every day just before noon. They lived in a small town in Nebraska, in the middle of farm country. It was the 1950s...
A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand
Gram tells Stella on the phone her neighborhood is full of old fo… She hasn’t seen Stella in 60 year… and won’t see her again because of the canyon of miles between the…
Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through
We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
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
This traveling salesman has worn out six vans in 40 years and he hopes to retire soon. Age and illness
A small city on the outskirts of St. Louis has ordered Alice Hezel to pull the swamp milkweed out of her yard because the city says it’s a weed and weeds aren’t allowed in Maplewood, Mi...