Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney
So many of us feed the birds even though we know birds can make it on their own in any weather,
Old Tim drove 600 miles back home to his shed in the woods a month after burying his wife up north in the city where they me… more than 60 years ago.
You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know
It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able
You thought you knew her. She thought she knew you. Neither was true but this happens at times at Happy Hour on Fridays
Jack’s a widower. His wife died years ago so every year he takes a plane and helps his mother decorate his childhood home for Christmas.
Many years ago Miriam’s parents took the kids for the weekend while she and Jack motored north to fish for trout in Montana at Miriam’s request.
Sometimes a woman leaves a man for another man or just leaves. Sometimes a woman
The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask
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
Sixty years ago, the two of us rode tricycles up a little hill behind our school. Nothing stopped us till
“Quiet, please,” I tell her, “I want to hear the music.” She is sitting next to me again, this time on a paisley couch, a woman in a lime bikini I met
You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying