They buried Colleen Garrity today a woman 95 few people thought would ever die and what a lovely eulogy her cousin Paddy gave. Paddy must be 80 if a day yet he
If the goal of business is to make a profit and it is—and if the goal of government is to take care of people
Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...
Jimmy was visiting his father when Mr. Crenshaw called to say Mrs. Bittles had died the night before of a sudden heart attack.
Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off
We’re all salmon swimming upstream until the job’s done. Some of us know it and some of us don’t.
After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she
Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.
Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the
The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...
A woman was seated next to me as we waited for the debate to sta… The candidates were late taking th… She said she shouldn’t have come because she couldn’t vote for eith…
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…
Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad
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
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney