One by one young nurses crisp in their white caps bring the old folks out crumpled in their wheelchairs from this towering building

I take my wife to dinner at a fancy place for us to talk about money because stocks have a virus and we should move

Some folks have a problem with aut… legitimate and otherwise, and I ha… a lifetime festering in that group… An event in youth convinced me tha… big people are no different than l…

What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other

Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind

He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn

Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…

I will never forget him but I can’t remember his name it’s been so long ago. Maybe I never knew it. But I think of him on days

Paul’s in his backyard on a Sunday afternoon barbecuing burgers. His wife and kids are hungry in the house.

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,

He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney

Holiday Parties Millie comes home bawling from another holiday party and Willie asks what’s the problem. Millie says her friends are cheese…

The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more