Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because
Many years ago Miriam’s parents took the kids for the weekend while she and Jack motored north to fish for trout in Montana at Miriam’s request.
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
In a yard abandoned this winter when the owner moved grass is growing this spring
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…
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,
He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.
Many decades ago when I was a kid we always expected rain at 3 p.m. on Good Friday said to be the hour
The priest had been here earlier a… and relatives and friends in singl… “Sorry for your troubles,” one by… bending over Maggie Murphy, silen… a foot or so from Paddy, resplende…
A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equal...
A neighbor lady I hadn’t seen in a year I heard was bedridden. Her former husband dropped by, asked if I’d to take in her trash… when I brought in my own.
Lamentations loud amid the tears following Orlando. Another call to take guns from people
Two people so different can view the poor through different lenses and offer a solution but not the same solution
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially