Someone has to cut the grass Molly tells Bill dozing off in his recliner too weary to cut it. For years a vet from Vietnam

When we were kids growing up in the city we had prairies and a little hill and we’d put Stevie

I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.

After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet

After World War II before television, before women had tattoos before men wore earrings, I was a child in a world

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

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport

A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick

When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

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

Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the

Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves