When we were kids growing up in the city we had prairies and a little hill and we’d put Stevie
All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney
This Monarch butterfly dances from petal to petal red, yellow and orange sits for a while on each and then
They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them
Dad hit me only once, an uppercut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height, 5’8,” a fireplug who...
Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would ...
She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line
Every time we have a big election in America, my wife of many years asks me if I’m going to vote in the primary although she knows I never do because one has to decl…
On Sundays Walter gives Pastor J… magazines to read along with comments on his sermons. The pastor loves the magazines but Walter is leaving for another…
Every morning before the sun comes up there’s a feral cat on our deck waiting for a can of Fancy Feast. It’s been that way for years.
An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble
How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman
There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week
