Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney
I bring a milkshake every other we… to an old man in a nursing home, a refugee from Germany who paid me 50 cents to cut his grass when I w… a kid in Chicago after WWII.
Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I
No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,
Even though we’re getting older even rickety in some respects my wife and I remain involved in the joys of life.
The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars
They got along fine lying down but sitting up or standing, well that was quite another thing. Talking made things worse. Lying down they found
Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…
Some folks have a problem with aut… legitimate and otherwise, and I ha… a lifetime festering in that group… An event in youth convinced me tha… big people are no different than l…
Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...
He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney
I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.
What we are not who we are matters to the world. Who we are not what we are
I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children
