So many of us feed the birds even though we know birds can make it on their own in any weather,

Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city

My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

They’re getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except when they must

They are a certain way certain ladies are today no matter where they are summer, fall winter, spring even

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

This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

A boy, maybe 5, dancing in the candy aisle of a megastore at 6 a.m., a month before Hallowee… is overjoyed by the harvest on every shelf, his caramel skin

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...

I don’t see her often since she died but when I do it’s eerie over there at dawn or dusk.

In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books