In the woods soft snow falls on the first day of spring. Two daffodils laugh. Donal Mahoney

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know

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

You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he did.

Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…

After all these years my wife at the ironing board, perfect in panties. Donal Mahoney

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem

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

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,

Vacillating Benny, an ancient che… now retired from Monsanto, must de… if a poem his friend Ron has sent… is good enough for his hobby journ… Benny finally decides to let the p…

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

In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.

Better take his wife to lunch after what he said yesterday. A slip of the tongue. But where to take her? The Chinese buffet?

It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for ...