After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.
Almost toothless now, old Romeo puts his Bible down, relaxes in his rocker, pours brandy in his snifter and scribbles in his ledger
This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond
My boss has a problem with God or rather a problem with me because I believe in God and he doesn’t. Or so we discover
When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb
Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem
Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife
Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...
Fifty years ago Jane got on a plane and flew away without saying good-bye. Her parents took her, I know.
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year
If I hadn’t died, I’d still be bouncing along in that Greyhound bus through the mountains swigging a Coke.
They’re getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except when they must
When he was just a boy, they took him to the dump to scavenge, bits of metal, any food that might be eaten. When he became a man,