Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,
When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do
“One stall for all” is a new scenario for Wilbur. Thanks to his wife, he knew in the past the right thing to do but now he doesn’t know what
She’s not young, his wife. They’ve been together 40 years but when she gardens in her shorts and he’s lying in his hammock she’… a lovely sight to see so when she
Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop
The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,
He wants to do certain things he should have done before old age and illness reaped their harve… The doctor gives him days perhaps a week to breathe
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney
The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars
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
Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants
Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...
River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.
I came back to You late and still don’t understand why the Father asked You to die for me and everyone else. I learned the Ten Commandments
