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 ...

In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.

Years ago my wife bought three wall clocks, atomic clocks they’re called. They require no batteries and you don’t plug them in.

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

When my neighbor told me over the fence a month ago the doctor said she had two years to live,

It’s a very busy drug store with seats along the wall where folks who wait for refills sit and sometimes chat but as I discover you can

Yes, fifty years ago today it happened. Quite a story. He was your favorite uncle and he liked you a lot too. You were all torn up.

Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport

Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off

Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings

I will no longer feed the birds on the front porch as I do daily autumn through winter when I go out at dawn to get the paper on the lawn and spread seed on

Alive just one week, the Luna moth plastered to my screen door under porch light is pale green and beautiful.

You have to have regulations in any industry, the hog farmer told the slaughter house CEO visiting his farm that day. Otherwise raising hogs