My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...
Like that broad in an apricot bra hanging over the sill of her tenement window, the sun is over me now, its nectar laughing and falling.
I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
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...
Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...
Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.
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
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the
In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books
It tears the stomach out of Roy to see old folks shopping at an all-night grocery store ancient couples, on canes and walkers
This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot