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Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…
Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
First, we place the neck on the bl… and put the basket underneath the head and then make sure the bl… is sharp enough before we ask the… one more time just to be polite:
Do I write in the third person or only in the first? Do my ideas reign supreme or do other ideas work as well? Do I know I’m always right
If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.
Gramps knows a minister who collects classic Corvettes. He rents another garage whenever he buys another Corvette. He says his estate will sell the c…
Jim Daley and Joe McCarthy had something in common. They died at 80 going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Walt O’Brien, their protege, found this out when he called the home...
This brilliant winter morning find… waves of snow on every lawn and red graffiti dripping from the walls of Temple Mizpah
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up
You never know who’ll be there though folks are dying to get in. Then suddenly you’re at the door, hat in hand,
