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Dreams I can’t remember cause a conflagration fire hoses can’t put out. Dreams I can recall arrive in technicolor.
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother
Like the poor the sparrows we will always have with us, my neighbor lady tells me as she feeds the birds
I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard
Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.
Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney
Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able
It isn’t a flophouse where Fred lives now but he calls it that a month after moving in and seeing his fellow
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
I am sorry to hear the news. I lost it when I heard about hers and now to hear about yours. I’m livid at times, peaceful rarel… If you prefer, I won’t forward em…
A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull
Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.
Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
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
