Strong man Samson told Delilah seven locks of hair were the secret of his strength
I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana
Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...
Holiday Parties Millie comes home bawling from another holiday party and Willie asks what’s the problem. Millie says her friends are cheese…
Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s
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
Through the nursery glass Carlos Montero peeks at Consuela, his twelfth, in the arms of a nurs… Pink as a peony with brilliant black hair,
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
Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...
Were she here with me now, by the waist I would raise her, a chalice of wonder. I’d bellow hosannas and whirl her around,