In the woods soft snow falls on the first day of spring. Two daffodils laugh. Donal Mahoney

Some never hear of him and likely never will— pygmies in Africa, aborigines in Tasmania, the indigenous in South America.

Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird

The blind artist paints life as he wants it to be a tranquil sky a big sun smiling everyone laughing.

You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out

Dive under any skirt that floats your way, Amish or otherwise, metaphorically speaking.

Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants

Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...

If love’s real, not the puppy kind, it’s not just a feeling but an act of the will a constant giving

It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin

In a yard abandoned this winter when the owner moved grass is growing this spring

Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life

Dylann Roof defended himself in the sentencing phase of his tri… after he was convicted of killing nine people during a Bible study, the nine people who welcomed him

Can you hear me in the bunker, Le… Sorry to hear ISIS has you in a… But I’m delighted to know you’re… camouflaged in your bunker with an… Now you’re telling me ISIS is th…

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because