Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over

The haberdasher has that season of the year he rids his racks, his bins of oddments. I have no season of the year

Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot

When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do

When the president speaks from the podium and mentions the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook by a lunatic with a rifle,

A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...

A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney

The other day I was talking to a neighbor who said he has found a way to help the poor and improve our environment simultaneously. It’s no secret, he said, that we have a dire food shor...

Dither of blue jays bickering at the feeder. Doves eat well below Donal Mahoney

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.