That my parents were Irish immigrants is probably the most significant factor in my writing life. The English expelled my father from Ireland around 1920 at age 18 or so for running gun...

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

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem

Raul is a kind man who plays marimba in a salsa band at LA clubs late into the night. Some afternoons he plays

We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when the two o...

Far from the city way out in the country a hot afternoon in high summer as we drive down a bumpy road bouncing one mail box past

If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport

She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he

First, we place the neck on the bl… and put the basket underneath the head and then make sure the bl… is sharp enough before we ask the… one more time just to be polite:

Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.

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

Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made

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…