Being poor on our patch of land was better than being poor all the years I’ve lived in the ci… We had a couple of cows, a rooster and seven hens.

Thirty years later, Dad came back and we met for Ham and Yams at To… Pouring his tea, he told me he had to restore power once at a newspaper warehouse

Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three

Months roar by like weeks and weeks disappear like days, two coots in a bar admit on New Year’s Eve, reminiscing over a beer

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens

Annie has a nice washing machine n… but she remembers the one her mother had with the wringer, the old-fashioned kind. Her mother took in washing and whe…

An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney

Thunder and lightning at first, as I understand it, and then the moon will split in half and disappear and the stars will go dark

Summer evenings after the news at 6 p.m. the Widow Murphy comes out of her tiny bungalow and sits on her front porch swing

A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Long ago you said birth and death were the bookends of life. Nothing before. Nothing after. We were saplings at the time. Since then we’ve made a lot of mon…

Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.