Paul was at the office when the first atomic bomb fell and when Muntz TVs replaced console radios and the first man landed on the mo… He saw the first big computers tru…
Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences
He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
Pete reads a story about an artist who never sold a painting until he… and then sold one for a million do… Finding the artist on the internet… his work is just odd shapes in bri…
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
Old Sam in Room 322 at the nursing home asked the nurse to push his bed near the window because in October he likes to watch the l…
Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.
In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers
Dither of blue jays bickering at the feeder. Doves eat well below Donal Mahoney
It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent
Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues
Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…
No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...
You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know