Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.

Three are known by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but there are a zillion angels, pure spirits who have no wings like those we draw on Cherubim,

Only the blind man with his leader dog and tapping cane stops when the homeless man standing near the curb

Tonight I can’t sleep so I ponder the universe and all the planets around me swirling in syncopation with me on one of them

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

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

I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...

Decades ago a small college out in the boondocks put Ambrose, a freshman, on a Greyhound Bus to attend a student convention in New York.

You’re standing on a window ledge on the 50th floor of your building… It’s Valentine’s Day in Manhatta… clouds cruising, sun everywhere, a nice breeze tossing your hair,

This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day

I get an email every day from a man I don’t know and doesn’t know me. Many people receive blind copies of his emails.

Two old men meet for coffee once a week at a diner while their wives play cribbage. Jim says he has a problem. His wife leaves the water running

Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,

I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon

Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...