Sheep are by a goat while cattle are like swine, prodded, ye… cattle go by hammer while swine are by the hind leg hung then swung about to spigot.
The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,
Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings
He saved money for years to vacation in the Everglades because he has degrees in the study of reptiles. He’s an expert at the zoo.
In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go
The tale’s a parable and it scares Bill more than any creepy clown hiding behind a tree
Alive just one week, the Luna moth plastered to my screen door under porch light is pale green and beautiful.
On weekday mornings on a quiet corner three moms with small sons and daughters wait for a school bus
Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college
What if after Browne has gone one of us discovers who Browne was… leads the rally to his room before the maid has time to broom the web… retrieve from underneath the bed
Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird
In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth
Dither of blue jays bickering at the feeder. Doves eat well below Donal Mahoney
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
