Elmo has spent 40 years cutting hair in a little shop in a country town along the Mississippi. Vegetables and meat

When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families

This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney

Sometimes you sit for days sucking yourself in praying the right words will fall in your ear toboggan over the whorls

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...

A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

I’m on my way to Larry’s Place, a food pantry in the city. I park a block away because parking in front of Larry’s isn’t wise even if one drives

It’s a 50th anniversary dinner for Bernie and Blanche at the Elk… After dessert Blanche grabs the m… and primes the crowd by announcing… “Fifty year’s we’ve been married

He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches