I have a pretty major announcement to make today. Don’t worry — it’s happy news, and as I prepare to embark on a lifetime commitment with the one I love, I want to share my …

We never lived here in Sheridan, my wife and I. We worked here, though, all our lives — well, my wife did, over at the hospital. I was on the train, of course. We actually …

Dot Ayers: The Shipley business, yes. Where to begin, really.
Helen Alton: Well, not that it’s my place to say, but —
Louise Wallace: Helen, please.
Mrs. Alton: You know, I just don’t know why I bother. I …

Before I get into the whole Cowboy Stevie thing, which isn’t even really a thing, so much, but anyway, the person to talk to about this is really my grandma, because everything I know about …

At the time of year when the summer falls back and the fall verges forward, the two seasons leave a space between them in my head for all the years before. If a single madeleine …

Heaven — it’s an interesting question, and it’s even more interesting because nobody around here agrees on the answer. Ask a dozen different people, get a dozen different theories. Heaven exists, or there’s no such …

When the power goes out, I think to myself, oh, all right. If the universe wants me to flop down on the couch and read a trashy behind-the-scenes book about the O.J. Simpson defense instead …

I understand that nobody who lives in a legitimately hot part of the world is going to want to hear my weather-related tale of woe, so all the readers who do live in legitimately hot …

Sarah: Hello?
Couch Baron: Hey there! How’s the hair?
Sarah: It’s…it’s not good. It’s just not good at all.
Couch Baron: Uh oh. What happened?
Sarah: I walked in…I got shampooed…I sat down in the chair…and then everyone learned …

You got to understand, to my sister, everything had to be a big thing. Everything. The weather. Her clothes. Ordering dinner. Should she get the soup, with the veal it’s too much food maybe, do …