If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through

When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.

It was nearly midnight and I was driving home after a long day when I realized there was no cat food in the house and I would be facing the same trio of feral cats bright and early at t...

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney

The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars

A friend in England rings me up and we talk about this and that. He asks if my president’s in touch with all that’s going on and I say he should be in touch, going to

A refugee from another country tel… people thrive on proving their bel… more than understanding one anothe… They will let a stereotype fall on… like a cheap dress as long as it f…

Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.

I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...

There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week

There are a lot of people like me neither rich nor poor, idling in the middle who have never wante… for anything in our lives. We were reared by parents

Every evening, up in my rooom, I try to finish a poem but Chicago is hot and it’s better outside,

You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know