Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings

Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but

Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney

She’s not young, his wife. They’ve been together 40 years but when she gardens in her shorts and he’s lying in his hammock she’… a lovely sight to see so when she

I’m amazed at the difference between my friend and me. His response to life is so different from mine. I live deep in the city

The Sixties almost killed Will, a wasted man who sobered up long enough to vote for JFK. And he’d have voted for RFK if he hadn’t been killed as well.

Like that broad in an apricot bra hanging over the sill of her tenement window, the sun is over me now, its nectar laughing and falling.

We’ve moved my wife and I from home to the last place we’ll ever live and she wants to know why

Some choose not to have children others maybe one or two three seems to be the max now it’s not like when Paul was young and a family might have had six or…

It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather

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

It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,

Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…

They got along fine lying down but sitting up or standing, well that was quite another thing. Talking made things worse. Lying down they found