A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.

This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting

It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,

When my neighbor told me over the fence a month ago the doctor said she had two years to live,

The priest had been here earlier a… and relatives and friends in singl… “Sorry for your troubles,” one by… bending over Maggie Murphy, silen… a foot or so from Paddy, resplende…

Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop,

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…

Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister

Months roar by like weeks and weeks disappear like days, two coots in a bar admit on New Year’s Eve, reminiscing over a beer

It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…

First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney

It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...

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

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust