It’s Ramadan and late one evening I walk by a mosque and hear little girls laughing on the sidewalk,

All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...

It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin

America had a choice November 8 between a devil they know and a devil they don’t. They chose

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

They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…

You’re an old man in a nice suit and tie out with your wife at a fancy function with nice people

When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families

Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.

Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to

I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard

Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…