They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I
What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other
If one could store them in the attic without stir and turn to other things, to picking fruit, perhaps, or seeding it, one could afford
Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.
Evil without we worry about but not so much evil within, parent to evil without. Evil within, once called sin,
Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts
An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble
Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever
Magnificent animal Harambe, the Silverback gorilla killed at t… Lovely child, the three-year-old w… jumped in Harambe’s den. The mother took her son to the zoo
A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.
Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot
Wally made the long drive home from vacation on Election Day because he wanted to vote. He went for a jog and then to the… and cast his vote for his candidat…
An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney
