Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

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

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right

Sixty years ago, the two of us rode tricycles up a little hill behind our school. Nothing stopped us till

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.

A tractor trailer with slats and m… pulls up at a city slaughterhouse. The driver pulls the wrong lever and two thousand pounds of trotting cattle go for an easy

The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about

No youngster himself, Fred often… “There are always preludes to hell… For Fred one of those preludes is… the things in life Fred can’t fix.… Another prelude is paying the trad…

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…

Tonight I can’t sleep so I ponder the universe and all the planets around me swirling in syncopation with me on one of them

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.