A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,

Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college

They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching

Some choose not to have children others maybe one or two three seems to be the max now it’s not like when Paul was young and a family might have had six or…

There’s a moral to this story. Police in St. Louis have arrested a teen for felony auto theft. They asked her why she did it. She said the owners didn’t

Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.

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.

Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney

I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon

When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.

Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.

Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…

And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings