This house is shabby: it needs renovating.

I pulled in as deep a breath as my gag allowed and began relaxing my body. I used a little trick I'd learned in college. I imagined that a friendly squad of squid were massaging every muscle on the bottoms of my feet; the tension began to drain.

The stories of his adventures outzany those of any other figure in jazz, even certified cuckoos like the maniacal Jack Purvis and the perverse Joe Venuti.

Ron Allen and his wife, Libby, were enjoying their favorite breakfast, the eggel, an egg on bagel.