Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney
They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,
It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
After Saturday tennis I came home took a nap and woke up dizzy had trouble walking. My balance was off so I went to bed and slept 20 hours
You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out
This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day
Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but
He wants to be fair to both sides because there’s an election coming soon so he tells his side every day
Story in the paper this morning almost ruined breakfast. In a rural county far from where… the natives shoot stray dogs on si… In my city, an agency picks up str…
Someone broke in the house the weekend the elderly couple was out of town, a family thing. The TV, the couch and computer were gone.
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
A bitter Christmas morning after a foot of snow last night. I shovel the sidewalk and make my way to the bird feeder. Before I can fill it, the wrens
Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold
I understand what you mean when you say you’re alone and hope someone rings your bell day or night but that’s not the case with me.
Elmo has spent 40 years cutting hair in a little shop in a country town along the Mississippi. Vegetables and meat
