Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
My grandson whispers the morning dew sparkles like diamonds in the grass. Donal Mahoney
Summer evenings after the news at 6 p.m. the Widow Murphy comes out of her tiny bungalow and sits on her front porch swing
Sending out an address change to a friend I haven’t seen in 50 years, I say my wife and I are moving someplace new next month
The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,
Old lady on a park bench hunkered down babushka and shawl snow and wind dancing everywhere
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...
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
Only the blind man with his leader dog and tapping cane stops when the homeless man standing near the curb
Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
Bill would come every Sunday to his mother’s house after a tough divorce. He’d bring his laundry for his mother to do and then he’d devour the roast beef dinner she always made for him....
No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds
A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or