You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he did.

They buried Colleen Garrity today a woman 95 few people thought would ever die and what a lovely eulogy her cousin Paddy gave. Paddy must be 80 if a day yet he

Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

I learned a murmuration is a flock of starlings whirling and turning in the sky, changing directions in a second, flying back again, blackening

Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up

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

When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck

Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport

A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney

Trumpelstiltskin is a fairy tale not written by the Brothers Grimm… It’s written every day by Fox and… America hears it every hour and half the nation loves it

It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with

Little Nora and Grandpa Bill sit on swings in Grandma’s garden. A hummingbird arrives to sample the brilliant flowers at this buff… Grandpa Bill sees a teaching mome…

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