On weekday mornings on a quiet corner three moms with small sons and daughters wait for a school bus
Raul is a kind man who plays marimba in a salsa band at LA clubs late into the night. Some afternoons he plays
Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney
Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn
The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner
Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants
A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney
He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but
The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.
Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...
Great Dane out walking day after the funeral small widow next door Donal Mahoney
We’re going dancing, my wife and… to a Charity Ball high in the sky… Glenn Miller’s band has been play… since 1944, the year his plane got… over the English Channel.
Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen
