Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn

Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master

Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street

Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney

Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

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 ...

Lightning bolts in childhood can scar the soul forever. They’re a satanic baptism when the minister’s your father, mother, brother, sister,

He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics

Linda’s an animal person who puts her money where her mouth is, owns a ranch outside the city and takes in kittens, puppies, birds that

A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

Herb’s a middle-age son with a big family and lots of pressure. Too busy to care for Mom and Pop so he drives to Shady Lane to see if he thinks they might like the p…

Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out ...

He slaughters his hamburger steak with a fork and a butter knife, massacres ringlets of onions again and again thumps catsup all over