Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.
It wasn’t long after her mother died my wife asked if her father could live with us. We had an empty apartment upstairs. Dad wouldn’t be much trouble, she said. He was old now and had d...
He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,
Everyone who has money should drop it in a vat and anyone who needs money should take what they need a Swede, a Dane and two
She’s not young, his wife. They’ve been together 40 years but when she gardens in her shorts and he’s lying in his hammock she’… a lovely sight to see so when she
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
I found an old friend in a cardboard box in the basement where I left him forty years ago.
Someone has to cut the grass Molly tells Bill dozing off in his recliner too weary to cut it. For years a vet from Vietnam
Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while
Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...
Forget the fall equinox. Fall arrives when all the moths that dance on summer nights around the porch light disappear when the first cold dawn appears.
We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree
After the TV mavens had their say the gnomes crept out of their cave… spoke and returned to their caves. Thunder struck, hell broke loose and the mavens came back on TV
We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb
He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn