They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,
I was very small the day they bombed Pearl Harbor but I remember my mother dashing around the kitchen saying nothing to me
Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add
Eight blondes with brown eyes nod at working men nearby. Sunflowers rule the sky. Donal Mahoney
Officer Burks brings Max the Bloodhound into the alley and Max immediately strains at his leash.
If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through
They’ll be coming for us, the old lady told the young man next to her, the two of them sitting on stones under the bridge surrounded by trolls
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
The late Justice Scalia, a strict conservative on the Supreme Court, would have voted in favor of prayer
The guillotine dropped between you and a friend over coffee and small talk. The first time it dropped it was someone who said
Mike’s old now. His mind is somewhere in the Fifties. Every few weeks one of his kids takes
When Molly and Tim got married they spent hours talking about everything they had to get done. And indeed they got a lot done. Now their kids have families
Herb’s wife says the grass needs cutting and Herb agrees. She says the neighbors are upset he hasn’t cut it for the last five weeks.
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
The widow hires four men to rip out her lovely garden. She’s too old to weed it. All the roses will go to the young bride across
