On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney
Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.
You have to have regulations in any industry, the hog farmer told the slaughter house CEO visiting his farm that day. Otherwise raising hogs
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching
They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,
You won’t find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with y… said Joseph Joubert, a French writer whose day job was working for Napoleon.
Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.
You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year
No youngster himself, Fred often… “There are always preludes to hell… For Fred one of those preludes is… the things in life Fred can’t fix.… Another prelude is paying the trad…
Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife
Jack Bogan died last week, the la… of the Whippets, a garage band big in a small way back in the Sixties… The Whippets had a following in Chicago and its suburbs.
A good reason to get married, Tim told me before he died, is you need a driver to take you home from a colonoscopy. When cancer runs in the family