Spring will eventually arrive, Tom tells his youngest daughter looking out the window at the snow… Take heart, he tells her, and listen for the blue jays when
Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,
The day Paul got married, his old girlfriend called his hous… just before he and his bride Anne caught the plane for their honeymo… Paul was outside packing the car
Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level
Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
The older I get the more I realiz… the importance of getting things d… before your mother announces anoth… assignment to roust me from my ham… As you know I’ve never been much
I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon
If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you
If love’s real, not the puppy kind, it’s not just a feeling but an act of the will a constant giving
Where I live the press says teen use of heroin is epidemic. I thought an epidemic was a widespread disease afflicting thousands caught in
Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.