Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,
Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney
Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college
Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but
A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney
Fred and Martha have always voted the same way since their marriage long ago but not this time and Fred wondered why Martha was voting the other way
Years ago they came from many plac… to study writing at a university in the middle of America surrounded by lush corn fields. They worked hard, became friends,
In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books
On Sundays Walter gives Pastor J… magazines to read along with comments on his sermons. The pastor loves the magazines but Walter is leaving for another…
Perhaps there should be a hard rock band called myasthenia gravis. A rare disease for which there is no cure, MG doesn’t kill anyone right away but unmanaged it’s hard to live with. In ...
She walks the rack of bright frock… as her husband, an Angus aging, paws at the carpet behind her. She wants the right dress to make verdant again the hills
He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens
You thought you knew her. She thought she knew you. Neither was true but this happens at times at Happy Hour on Fridays
I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.
Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,