The green wheat crinkles like a lake.

The other families group themselves differently: empty nests, single parents, working mothers, spinsters with cats, curmudgeons with canes, the Brady bunches, reconstituted households of halves, steps, formers, and presents.

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave: Love they to live that love and honour have.

Getting the promotion you think you deserve over the person who also thinks she deserves it is office politics.