An old friend lost an old friend the other day. Jim said they were both getting up in years and he just happened to outlast Herman. Jim was black and Herman was white but that had never...
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
Elmo has spent 40 years cutting hair in a little shop in a country town along the Mississippi. Vegetables and meat
Adolph’s been here since the Fort… So have Benito and Tojo. As soon as they arrived we gave each of them a huge furnace. They shovel coal all day and all n…
An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level
Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants
He lives at the edge of a forest and loves all the different trees. He comes to the city for food and basic necessities. He hates the long drive
Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep
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
Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.
The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
Farmer John knows he’s old but didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one day and met a young lady he liked as much as he likes the corn
Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register
Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted