Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick

There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear

On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney

He was predictable all those years going home after work doing odd jobs around the house

The weather report the night before said a foot of snow maybe more, heavy and wet.

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...

No more nudes in Playboy according to the anchor on the Nightly News. Playboy has declared nudes passé because

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because

Jack’s a widower. His wife died years ago so every year he takes a plane and helps his mother decorate his childhood home for Christmas.

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney