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

It wasn’t long after her mother died my wife asked if her father could live with us. We had an empty apartment upstairs. Dad wouldn’t be much trouble, she said. He was old now and had d...

Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower

Every time the phone rings Bill’s afraid the caller might say another childhood classmate has di… This will hit him hard because Bill knows he’s moseying along

Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain

Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted

Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the

Old Sam on his deathbed says he’d rewrite his life if he could. He’d do so many things differently… be nice to all his wives if he cou… but luckily they had died before h…

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

We see stories on the internet that are simply fake news, many of them malicious as well. It’s hard to tell the difference but a single sentence found

Robin on the lawn. Three hops and stops to listen. Somewhere must be spring. Donal Mahoney

What we are not who we are matters to the world. Who we are not what we are

Yours is the first email I opened… I appreciate your suggested revisi… to send the work back once I’ve ma… I can tell you spent a lot of time… I’m afraid, however, that I can’t…

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,