Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney

Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s

An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar

One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus told his disciples.

Midnight in San Francisco. Yoshiko is 93 and she can’t sleep so she sits in her recliner and nibbles on a rice cake,

What will she do with him? That is, if she’s elected. She’ll have to take him with her to the White House after keeping him in the doghouse.

I’ll have to ask some preacher what if he comes when it’s inconvenient when I’m bowling or lifting a stein of lager

Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird

Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall

The tale’s a parable and it scares Bill more than any creepy clown hiding behind a tree

He tried so hard to be everybody’s friend, agreed with everything we said. Some of us liked him, others were indifferent,

Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street