Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but
After the TV mavens had their say the gnomes crept out of their cave… spoke and returned to their caves. Thunder struck, hell broke loose and the mavens came back on TV
It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with
On a sunny day in Harvard Yard blonde from Norway weds son of chieftain from Rwanda after
He lives in the attic of the brownstone down on the corner, been there for years. He’s seen twice a day
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over
She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.
Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,
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
It boils down to this. There are two kinds of people in Upper Slobovia at the moment, those who prefer hard-boiled eggs chopped in their potato salad
Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,
A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney
