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...
Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney
I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...
She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he
If you write with a quill, ballpoint pen or typewriter, you’re a lucky soul. But if you use a computer and write far better than
Two new crutches and two double shots of Bushmills Irish Whiskey enabled Joe Faherty to move from the back seat of Moira Murphy’s 1976 Buick into Eagan’s Funeral Home for Tim McGillicud...
The old priest who won’t retire despite his bishop’s hints rides his bike around the parish every day for exercise. He waves and smiles at everyone
There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week
A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,
Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,
When my neighbor told me over the fence a month ago the doctor said she had two years to live,
The teacher tells the third grade the order of the seasons cannot be changed. Summer, fall, winter, spring arrive in order, then start over.
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
