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It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
Sometimes you sit for days sucking yourself in praying the right words will fall in your ear toboggan over the whorls
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...
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Every evening, up in my rooom, I try to finish a poem but Chicago is hot and it’s better outside,
Grandpa has a grandson he hopes will win a scholarship to meet the high cost of college. He tells his grandson to learn how to play the tuba and apply
Officer Burks brings Max the Bloodhound into the alley and Max immediately strains at his leash.
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids
Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,
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.
The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,
They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…
I am sorry to hear the news. I lost it when I heard about hers and now to hear about yours. I’m livid at times, peaceful rarel… If you prefer, I won’t forward em…
Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop
