You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude
That my parents were Irish immigrants is probably the most significant factor in my writing life. The English expelled my father from Ireland around 1920 at age 18 or so for running gun...
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
I learned a murmuration is a flock of starlings whirling and turning in the sky, changing directions in a second, flying back again, blackening
For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others
I came back to You late and still don’t understand why the Father asked You to die for me and everyone else. I learned the Ten Commandments
When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics
Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
He remembers loving her lost in an orchard peaches, pears, apricots falling on his head every day
Please tell me if I’m right about what you just told me. You say he came to Earth, died for me, rose from the dead
Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.
