The amount in every paycheck has a period in it. Those who get a paycheck every week dream about seeing a comma three spaces in front of the perio…

Don’t recall meeting a human being at the megastore staffed by robots in the flesh

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

America had a choice November 8 between a devil they know and a devil they don’t. They chose

Being poor on our patch of land was better than being poor all the years I’ve lived in the ci… We had a couple of cows, a rooster and seven hens.

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.

A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.

He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…

It’s one thing to work in an office because your skills say you must. It’s another to want to hang out with

The two religions differ in a number of ways Insha’Allah! Alleluia! There’s a radical difference especially in their martyrs.

A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens

Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.

On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake

Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,