You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

Sending out an address change to a friend I haven’t seen in 50 years, I say my wife and I are moving someplace new next month

An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney

World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.

Jack’s a widower. His wife died years ago so every year he takes a plane and helps his mother decorate his childhood home for Christmas.

Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids

Dive under any skirt that floats your way, Amish or otherwise, metaphorically speaking.

Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop

Where did it go? I really don’t know. I lost it weeks ago in the middle of the night. Too tired to get up.

A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens

Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

If he were in high school they’d call him a bully and take him to the principal’s office for counseling.

After all these years my wife at the ironing board, perfect in panties. Donal Mahoney