He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney

July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees

Smitty isn’t Schulte. He doesn’t drive a Cadillac and doesn’t hit his wife often any more. Schulte, on the other hand,

Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.

When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine

Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop

It’s your anniversary so you’re thinking steak but your wife wants ramen so you go to a nice place and order the fancy ramen

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics

If he were perfect he wouldn’t be Dan the Handyman, laying tile in crooked rows,

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

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...

Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.

It boils down to this. There are two kinds of people in Upper Slobovia at the moment, those who prefer hard-boiled eggs chopped in their potato salad

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said