Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…
Sheep are by a goat while cattle are like swine, prodded, ye… cattle go by hammer while swine are by the hind leg hung then swung about to spigot.
Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but
Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,
My boss has a problem with God or rather a problem with me because I believe in God and he doesn’t. Or so we discover
This morning Len sections his bre… with the knife he bought in Paris… on his honeymoon. He bought it fro… at a street market selling every k… beautiful creations he said he mad…
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney
No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
Alive just one week, the Luna moth plastered to my screen door under porch light is pale green and beautiful.
Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,
On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk
Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.
