If you’ve seen a cockatoo up close in a cage or at a zoo you may have noticed how a cockatoo looks at you.
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families
It’s midnight and I’m too tired to stroll in my Wall Street garden to check on the nightlife among the flowers
Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.
One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone
If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,
On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.
In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go
For years Rocky’s Diner had always done a great business for breakfast and lunch but his dinner business had fallen off recently as folks moved to the suburbs, got married, died or simp...
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.
Carnage rolls across the sand amid the silence of imams Women raped,
Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.
Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made