If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...

Farmer John knows he’s old but didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one day and met a young lady he liked as much as he likes the corn

Where did it go? I really don’t know. I lost it weeks ago in the middle of the night. Too tired to get up.

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…

Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney

This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up

It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...

His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.

Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife

For years Willie has saved his mo… investing it in stocks and bonds, waiting to sit in his recliner each quarter with a martini reviewing his profits.

The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner

Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot