After 50 years Wilma at her class reunion thinks Waldo’s changed with age that he’s nice now, not the snake she wed
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…
A boy, maybe 5, dancing in the candy aisle of a megastore at 6 a.m., a month before Hallowee… is overjoyed by the harvest on every shelf, his caramel skin
The late Justice Scalia, a strict conservative on the Supreme Court, would have voted in favor of prayer
Yours is the first email I opened… I appreciate your suggested revisi… to send the work back once I’ve ma… I can tell you spent a lot of time… I’m afraid, however, that I can’t…
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney
Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,
An old friend lost an old friend the other day. Jim said they were both getting up in years and he just happened to outlast Herman. Jim was black and Herman was white but that had never...
Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney
It’s a very busy drug store with seats along the wall where folks who wait for refills sit and sometimes chat but as I discover you can
The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...
The poor are hungry in America. Their numbers would fill stadiums throughout this prosperous land. And feral cats are running wild, eating songbirds in our yards,
Story in the paper this morning almost ruined breakfast. In a rural county far from where… the natives shoot stray dogs on si… In my city, an agency picks up str…
Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport