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
On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk
November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.
Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having
Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...
When he was just a boy, they took him to the dump to scavenge, bits of metal, any food that might be eaten. When he became a man,
Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings
Alvin didn’t want to be anybody else. He didn’t want to be himself either. Money wasn’t a problem.
Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney
Aaron loves the show on television about antiques. Tonight they have a Grecian vase worth close to a million dollars. Aaron has stuff in the basement
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney
The widow hires four men to rip out her lovely garden. She’s too old to weed it. All the roses will go to the young bride across
In 1920 he came on a boat from Ireland and found his way through Ellis Island. He found a room in a boarding house
Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because