Covey of nuns without benefit of wimple graciously attired sport coat, turtleneck, skirt scurry through the airport

Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings

It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney

I turn the porch light on because it’s dark when I go out to find the morning paper. It’s still dark when I start back but when I’m on the porch I reach

Tattoos were anathema in ‘52 on any man who got one after an all-night drunk or to impress a girlfriend. But not a word was spoken to

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

Do you remember how to tie a Windsor knot the way your father taught you on graduation day in eighth grade

I’ll have to ask some preacher what if he comes when it’s inconvenient when I’m bowling or lifting a stein of lager

My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people would be and he wouldn’t have to deal with friends and neighbors. His contrib...

Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.

Outside, the still of crickets. Inside, petals of a cold sore foliate,

It’s a matter of beans, says Rosie, 79, legally blind, her fingers dancing across a Bible in braille, when a reporter asks her about