The tale’s a parable and it scares Bill more than any creepy clown hiding behind a tree

When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do

You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

Annie has a nice washing machine n… but she remembers the one her mother had with the wringer, the old-fashioned kind. Her mother took in washing and whe…

Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college

It’s your anniversary so you’re thinking steak but your wife wants ramen so you go to a nice place and order the fancy ramen

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

No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,

If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you

Zenobia Jackson told Officer Murphy that her husband, Rufus, was 73 years old and “a wonderful man when he was awake” but for the past year he had been jerking “something terrible” duri...

A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies

Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings

If you write with a quill, ballpoint pen or typewriter, you’re a lucky soul. But if you use a computer and write far better than

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney