Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…
They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture
On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake
I met a proper woman in a proper p… on a Monday in Peoria. I was take… she looked like Jackie after Dall… but without the pillbox hat. She was from New York and I was…
The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner
Herb remembers when he was young he’d go to the doctor and complain about aches and pains and sniffles… Now he’s up in years and still goes to the doctor but never
The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.
The widow hires four men to rip out her lovely garden. She’s too old to weed it. All the roses will go to the young bride across
Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind
This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,
Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney
Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney
She was about the doing not about applause canning tomatoes in summer baking pies in fall quilting winter away
An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney