In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

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.

Granny watches nature in the city from her window after the nurse takes her tray away. She likes to watch the bird feeder grandson Ahmad hung for cardinals,

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

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,

Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the

Where will the lovely lady go on her diurnal walk? One child in 30 years she bore, now they do not talk. Supple, firm, her lithe legs are,

Herb’s a middle-age son with a big family and lots of pressure. Too busy to care for Mom and Pop so he drives to Shady Lane to see if he thinks they might like the p…

Deep into a warm winter the Japanese red maple keeps her crown of brilliant leaves as if to prove to the evergreens especially that big blue spruce

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

All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney