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

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...

Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...

It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

Phil went to Memorial Park yester… on his crutches and saw new crosse… in the ground commemorating vetera… Must be a hundred more than last y… HIs brother’s cross is there, in…

Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having