First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
A small city on the outskirts of St. Louis has ordered Alice Hezel to pull the swamp milkweed out of her yard because the city says it’s a weed and weeds aren’t allowed in Maplewood, Mi...
An old guy on the subway with a lunch bucket tells a young lady with a brief case Bernie hasn’t got a chance.
Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…
After the TV mavens had their say the gnomes crept out of their cave… spoke and returned to their caves. Thunder struck, hell broke loose and the mavens came back on TV
The haberdasher has that season of the year he rids his racks, his bins of oddments. I have no season of the year
After the Inauguration, perhaps he will take his family on vacatio… Hawaii’s an oasis during the winte… But in time he’ll watch for someth… that will challenge his skill set.
Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
After Saturday tennis I came home took a nap and woke up dizzy had trouble walking. My balance was off so I went to bed and slept 20 hours
The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask
His cardiologist says Fred’s doing well for a man of 80. It won’t be his heart that kills him.
Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold
I tell you it’s not easy being a cat in Colorado especially on this farm where I stopped on my way to California.