Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...
The nice thing about crossword puz… as an obsession, Phil tells Bill,… keep you away from other obsession… that might engage your attention a… benefit no one. For example
When Bill goes home to the church of his youth he finds things are different. They don’t sing “Amazing Grace” the way they did when he was
Harry and Grace had a carousel of marriage while it lasted. There were arguments galore and children by the score or so the neighbors thought
When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,
The alarm clock screams at 5 a.m. and I get up to attend a funeral 50 miles away, a long drive back to a corner of Chicago once rife with corned beef and cabbage but
It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back
Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower
If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused
Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants
Robin on the lawn. Three hops and stops to listen. Somewhere must be spring. Donal Mahoney
A clerk in a health food store became upset when I said I didn’t see anything I wanted since I wasn’t a vegan or vegetarian and liked my
Granny watches nature in the city from her window after the nurse takes her tray away. She likes to watch the bird feeder grandson Ahmad hung for cardinals,
What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other