Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked

Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia

Sam’s collected knives for 50 year… and has 200, maybe more, relics from the Civil War and before. Someone gave him his first knife when he was 30 as a gift but

I told my son now that he’s a father he has to be careful about what he says around his child. No swearing, of course,

Dive under any skirt that floats your way, Amish or otherwise, metaphorically speaking.

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney

Old Sol hires young Abdul, a refugee, to cut his grass and we… Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy young Abdul does a good job and has a wife and three kids

Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but

Your life as explained in your letter recently received is very difficult to read. It’s been 40 years since we last saw each other or talked. Most of your problems I knew nothing about....

I can’t speak for the women attending this conference on Homeland Security. They’re scholars, too, brought here for their expertise.

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

Yes, fifty years ago today it happened. Quite a story. He was your favorite uncle and he liked you a lot too. You were all torn up.