You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney

I know very little about computers but I use one for basic needs. Poems, stories, not much more. Like some nice women I’ve known, I’ve discovered computers

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he

He lives at the edge of a forest and loves all the different trees. He comes to the city for food and basic necessities. He hates the long drive

In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven o...

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s

Farmer John knows he’s old but didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one day and met a young lady he liked as much as he likes the corn

I turn on the news to see who won the game last night but first the scores from hot spots in the city. Two people are killed

Used to be she’d tell him what to get at the grocery store and he always brought it back. Now she makes a list.

If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open

It’s many miles from easy to the e… For some, the end is dawn. For ot… the nightfall of imbroglio because the end depends upon your ticket and every ticket’s punched one-way…

Gramps knows a minister who collects classic Corvettes. He rents another garage whenever he buys another Corvette. He says his estate will sell the c…

They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle