She walks the rack of bright frock… as her husband, an Angus aging, paws at the carpet behind her. She wants the right dress to make verdant again the hills

“We had the other ones done there,… “Why not go there again? Everythi… No complications. Who cares about… Bunch of do-gooders with hidden ca… “I don’t care about the publicity,…

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...

America has no caste system but America has castes. Like every other nation America has its rich and poor with everyone else sardined

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

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…

A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney

For years Rocky’s Diner had always done a great business for breakfast and lunch but his dinner business had fallen off recently as folks moved to the suburbs, got married, died or simp...

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…

One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

When Fred was a boy, he heard his… talk about Grandpa going to town d… to sell the bounty of his harvest. On his farm he had eggs, butter an… vegetables and meat. He’d buy suga…

twenty-four houses on the same block everyone inside milling about one lost a job

For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others