A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, ...

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

A mountain man is Fillmore but there are no mountains where Fillmore lives deep in a hollow. He’s never had a job

You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out

The guillotine dropped between you and a friend over coffee and small talk. The first time it dropped it was someone who said

Fred must explain Halloween to Op… when he gets home from the poker g… He just had another bad Halloween… He thinks Opal doesn’t know but E… from across the street called Opal

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister

Two doves on a telephone wire wait tor the blue jays to finish e… bread put out for the birds. When the jays arrived, sparrows fled into the trees

The blind artist paints life as he wants it to be a tranquil sky a big sun smiling everyone laughing.

Someday you’ll be in bed dying like I am now and people you love and some you don’t will come by to say good-bye. They don’t know what to say because we’re all amat…

There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room