Adolph’s been here since the Fort… So have Benito and Tojo. As soon as they arrived we gave each of them a huge furnace. They shovel coal all day and all n…

Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

I’m amazed at the difference between my friend and me. His response to life is so different from mine. I live deep in the city

Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia

A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equal...

In the woods soft snow falls on the first day of spring. Two daffodils laugh. Donal Mahoney

No more nudes in Playboy according to the anchor on the Nightly News. Playboy has declared nudes passé because

My wife’s upset because I won’t answer the phone in the middle of the night even though the phone’s on my side of the bed.

Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…

Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen

You take care now, Harold, and don’t slip on the ice looking for a good bookstore on the streets of Chicago. Print is dead, Harold,

Wonder Woman they call Sylvia, who excels at raising money to put child abusers in prison. The money she raises allows attorneys to prosecute