After all the tests and the doctor’s explanation she thinks of them not as 20 points of cancer but as 20 rusty nails
Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,
America has had presidents who will be remembered as much for what they said as for what they did. Americans will never forget
Lamentations loud amid the tears following Orlando. Another call to take guns from people
I no longer put things back where they belong. I can’t remember where they came from never mind where
Jack, age 6, loves the iPad he uses in kindergarten. He already navigates the net to some degree. But when he accompanied his father to the Post Office, he sat quietly on a bench and re...
Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad
Every morning before the sun comes up there’s a feral cat on our deck waiting for a can of Fancy Feast. It’s been that way for years.
“One stall for all” is a new scenario for Wilbur. Thanks to his wife, he knew in the past the right thing to do but now he doesn’t know what
We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree
Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney
If a marriage doesn’t work out you get a divorce and look for someone else. If a poem doesn’t work out you put it in a folder and
He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches
Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three
I can’t speak for the women attending this conference on Homeland Security. They’re scholars, too, brought here for their expertise.