In two more hours I’ll have to sh… shave and coffee-prop my lids and otherwise prepare for day. It’… and now the barkeep, Griggs, is rushing me, the first

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s

I told my son now that he’s a father he has to be careful about what he says around his child. No swearing, of course,

Jack, age 6, loves the iPad he uses in kindergarten. He already navigates the net to some degree. But when he accompanied his father to the Post Office, he sat quietly on a bench and re...

Mrs. O’Malley from across the alley has another small job for my father to do which makes my mother

The old man crossing the street has a bad limp we try to ignore. No one wants to look

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

The media is brimming with reports about the legacy of Barack Obama. He’s accomplished so much it’s tough for experts to name his signature achievement.

She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line

I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright

Monsanto still has problems after the carnage caused by Agent Orange. People continue to decay. Monsanto’s Roundup

Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings

You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying

It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney