It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...
Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said
The hands on the atomic clock upstairs finally stopped spinning. As you know, my dear, the hands have been spinning for two weeks. This morning the clock stopped
Wonder Woman they call Sylvia, who excels at raising money to put child abusers in prison. The money she raises allows attorneys to prosecute
Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop
A tractor trailer with slats and m… pulls up at a city slaughterhouse. The driver pulls the wrong lever and two thousand pounds of trotting cattle go for an easy
After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
Grandpa has a grandson he hopes will win a scholarship to meet the high cost of college. He tells his grandson to learn how to play the tuba and apply
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or
A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney
Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.
Third day on her honeymoon Sharon asks Butch what it’s like for a man before he gets married. A bricklayer by trade, and a man of few words,
Bill hates to go to parties but he loves to go to wakes. One of the advantages of being old, he says, is that there are fewer parties to go to but a lot more wakes. At parties he finds ...