Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan

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

You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket

Mrs. O’Malley from across the alley has another small job for my father to do which makes my mother

Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney

I learned a murmuration is a flock of starlings whirling and turning in the sky, changing directions in a second, flying back again, blackening

It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem

Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11

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

Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...

Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing

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

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…

Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city