In 1920 he came on a boat from Ireland and found his way through Ellis Island. He found a room in a boarding house

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

On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be

Willie in his 80s now hadn’t made sense in years. His wife understood his grunts from the recliner where she propped him up

They’re starlets Hollywood has yet to discover, two nice young ladies who assemble sandwiches at the Subway Shop Monday through Friday at noon.

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

The amount in every paycheck has a period in it. Those who get a paycheck every week dream about seeing a comma three spaces in front of the perio…

He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.

The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...

Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney

On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.

Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able

I was warm and toasty, curled up, napping in amniotic fluid, without a worry when suddenly

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus told his disciples.

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney