In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

The last visitor before I sleep is always the old priest puffing up the stairs to my door, a wine cask under each arm, a loaf of pumpernickel in his teet…

In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go

Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a

Red, yellow, brown work well together in a portrait of society. Add black, no problem. But if we remove the red,

Alvin didn’t want to be anybody else. He didn’t want to be himself either. Money wasn’t a problem.

The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.

Faye gives Fred next door her sister’s number to call in case Faye dies. Faye’s 94 and feels okay. Her sister’s 90 and Fred’s

Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…

We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,

I was very small the day they bombed Pearl Harbor but I remember my mother dashing around the kitchen saying nothing to me

Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad

I have a new email address. Old one may work for awhile but like life, it can stop at any time… One problem so far. This new address sends emails

Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.