Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall

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 ...

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.

It’s Rocky’s Diner but it’s Brenda’s counter, been that way for 10 years. Brenda has her regulars who want the Special of the Day.

In the woods soft snow falls on the first day of spring. Two daffodils laugh. Donal Mahoney

After he died on a tree, he rose and told the twelve before he ascended he would return some day. The twelve told others and they

Redbud and dogwood have blossomed above the tulips and jonquils wher… Alice’s house used to be. A possum and raccoon nose around where the garage was before the to…

Mrs. Ryan keeps her cat inside at… but lets it out at dawn to go anyw… while she’s at work. Every day the… crosses the road to call on the Wi… Mrs. Ryan doesn’t know her cat ca…

Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.

A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens

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...

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.