November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

When a writer lacks verbs and nouns he’s the victim of writer’s block. His mind may house

He remembers loving her lost in an orchard peaches, pears, apricots falling on his head every day

Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...

I will never forget him but I can’t remember his name it’s been so long ago. Maybe I never knew it. But I think of him on days

Ringing in the ears has no cure. It’s called tinnitus and you can pronounce it the way it looks or the way

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

Long article in the paper this morning stops Tim from gobbling his bacon and eggs. Bears are starving in the woods. Too many cubs, too little food.

It’s never what she says always how she says it and how she stands when she says it and what she says

We do our best to avoid the Zika Virus. We smack mosquitoes and avoid tanned folks just back from two weeks in the tropics.