The guillotine dropped between you and a friend over coffee and small talk. The first time it dropped it was someone who said

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

The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...

I am sorry to hear the news. I lost it when I heard about hers and now to hear about yours. I’m livid at times, peaceful rarel… If you prefer, I won’t forward em…

Redbud and dogwood have blossomed above the tulips and jonquils wher… Alice’s house used to be. A possum and raccoon nose around where the garage was before the to…

He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney

They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them

The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.

Spread 'Em for Anyone Edna had always had trouble with men. It started in high school when Ed… big for her age, hosted the soccer… one by one, provided they won.

Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,

Aaron loves the show on television about antiques. Tonight they have a Grecian vase worth close to a million dollars. Aaron has stuff in the basement

Melba comes home from the grocery… She was walking away from the dair… He was there with a pregnant girl… He said to Melba, “Ma’m, is this… Melba told him it was margarine.

I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children

A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney