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

Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney

Paul’s in his backyard on a Sunday afternoon barbecuing burgers. His wife and kids are hungry in the house.

Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until

Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother

What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about

Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11

It was an ancient city. All the young people left as soon as they could but the old remained in their mortgaged huts

In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers

Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God

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