A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.
You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,
This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,
A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies
Someday you’ll be in bed dying like I am now and people you love and some you don’t will come by to say good-bye. They don’t know what to say because we’re all amat…
Herb remembers when he was young he’d go to the doctor and complain about aches and pains and sniffles… Now he’s up in years and still goes to the doctor but never
Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.
Wally Anderson, father of three daughters, was not pleased after reading an email from Shelly, his eldest, a week before Father’s Day. He thought she might be coming to visit for the ho...
Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney
Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing
They laugh at him because he’s weak by their standards but they don’t realize they’ve signed a
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
Thirty years later, Dad came back and we met for Ham and Yams at To… Pouring his tea, he told me he had to restore power once at a newspaper warehouse
