Were she here with me now, by the waist I would raise her, a chalice of wonder. I’d bellow hosannas and whirl her around,
Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would ...
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out
There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
This Monarch butterfly dances from petal to petal red, yellow and orange sits for a while on each and then
In 1961, Newton Minow said television is a vast wasteland. I was reading four papers a day th… and seldom watched television, had no opinion on what he said.
I get an email every day from a man I don’t know and doesn’t know me. Many people receive blind copies of his emails.
Story in the paper this morning almost ruined breakfast. In a rural county far from where… the natives shoot stray dogs on si… In my city, an agency picks up str…
A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.
This traveling salesman has worn out six vans in 40 years and he hopes to retire soon. Age and illness
The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.
In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books
He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, ...