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...

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

Everyone who has money should drop it in a vat and anyone who needs money should take what they need a Swede, a Dane and two

A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,

Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney

In 1958 Elmer’s was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They ro...

November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.

White privilege it’s called and re… I learned its name although I’ve… white as a sheet for decades. Like breathing and eating I take white privilege for granted.

I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard

If the poor we will always have with us, then the rich we will have with us as well. Our system gives birth to both. Greed is part of man’s nature,

They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s

I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.

Old Sam in Room 322 at the nursing home asked the nurse to push his bed near the window because in October he likes to watch the l…