It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin
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
When Martha gets home from cooking class this afternoon, Martin will be gone after 30 years of marriage. Martha won’t know why
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
“If you don’t like the gun, my dea… I can exchange it for a negligee b… I’ve given you many negligees. I think a gun’s important to have around the house
A woman was seated next to me as we waited for the debate to sta… The candidates were late taking th… She said she shouldn’t have come because she couldn’t vote for eith…
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...
Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would ...
That’s a very big tree and a boy scout could climb it with all the right gear. But it’s a condominium, too. You would disturb families.
Eight blondes with brown eyes nod at working men nearby. Sunflowers rule the sky. Donal Mahoney
After World War II before television, before women had tattoos before men wore earrings, I was a child in a world
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
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Melanie cried for hours the day a drunk driver ran over her dog a week after she had an abortion. She loved that dog so much she told her mother she knew
Remember, a blind man can see things a sighted man can’t… So I’ll tell you about her and th… you can tell me whether I’m right. The first time a man meets her,