He tries again to situate his gros… nose beneath his spectacles. He twists the silver toothpick in… and hunches now a little more towa… saying “Listen, dear, I’ve said a…
On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
“One stall for all” is a new scenario for Wilbur. Thanks to his wife, he knew in the past the right thing to do but now he doesn’t know what
In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband
I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon
When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...
Black lives matter in different ways to different people in the American rainbow especially bus companies
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
If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop,
Handsome is as handsome does, Jeanie always said, when Donald was away on business.
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
Vacillating Benny, an ancient che… now retired from Monsanto, must de… if a poem his friend Ron has sent… is good enough for his hobby journ… Benny finally decides to let the p…
