A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

These are old people retired and driving slowly from small apartments in economy cars getting out on canes

In 1962, I was a caseworker, not a social worker, in the Cabrini-Green Housing Project in Chicago. In that era, the difference between a caseworker and a social worker was simple. A soc...

Granny watches nature in the city from her window after the nurse takes her tray away. She likes to watch the bird feeder grandson Ahmad hung for cardinals,

Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves

First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney

It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back

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

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

In 1961, Newton Minow said television is a vast wasteland. I was reading four papers a day th… and seldom watched television, had no opinion on what he said.

You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude

Although it snowed a little Wedne… Jane’s hyacinths are blooming. And in the yard she saw this morni… 50 robins hopping in the sun. Some flew in couples into trees

The older I get the more beautiful they are without exception Donal Mahoney

It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,