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.

I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.

In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven o...

An odd bobcat my father was looked more like a Siamese asleep in his recliner

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…

On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney

My mother always said my father was a little odd and she lived wit… all those years and should have kn… When we were small my sister and… knew he was different. No other fa…

A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,

They never held hands when they were a couple young and newly married as much in love as they were planning a wonderful life.

It’s climate change, the professor says, that’s causing all the hurricanes and floods, wildfires and tornadoes,

Used to be after a snow our doorbell would ring and we’d find boys with shovels in hand looking to make some money.

It’s Ramadan and late one evening I walk by a mosque and hear little girls laughing on the sidewalk,

Forget the fall equinox. Fall arrives when all the moths that dance on summer nights around the porch light disappear when the first cold dawn appears.