He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls
Sixty years ago, the two of us rode tricycles up a little hill behind our school. Nothing stopped us till
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
Forty years Leroy was a doorman at a nice hotel in a big city. He was a country boy the day he got the job because he was tall and the uniform fit, the manager s…
I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me
From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it
I’m amazed at the difference between my friend and me. His response to life is so different from mine. I live deep in the city
Six men were sitting at the table in the Day Room, as they call it, at the Whitehall Rest Home. They were playing poker and they had a newcomer in their midst. It was Bill, a retired fa...
Emma used to do real good in schoo… her mother tells her new teacher. It’s Parents Night at Ryland Ele… Mostly mothers in attendance. What’s the problem, her mother ask…
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
If you’re a reprobate in recovery you have to be careful what you do… You’re no different than an alcoho… always in danger of falling again. At least an alcoholic has a diseas…
Dreams I can’t remember cause a conflagration fire hoses can’t put out. Dreams I can recall arrive in technicolor.
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney