I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...

The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle

There’s a football field between u… I’m in one of the end zones bellow… and you’re in the other one bawlin… the cliffs of your cheekbones streaked with mascara.

You take care now, Harold, and don’t slip on the ice looking for a good bookstore on the streets of Chicago. Print is dead, Harold,

In 1920 he came on a boat from Ireland and found his way through Ellis Island. He found a room in a boarding house

Millicent was the daughter who danced ballet and sang until she met Butchie on a rainy day. He was in coveralls and cowboy hat and fixed

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

Someone has to cut the grass Molly tells Bill dozing off in his recliner too weary to cut it. For years a vet from Vietnam

If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through

A friend in England rings me up and we talk about this and that. He asks if my president’s in touch with all that’s going on and I say he should be in touch, going to

You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out

Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.