O thou sweet-breath’d Isle of the Occidental Sea, Where the great Pacific doth croon Her lullaby against gentle shores, And all the Land,...

Bob Morrissey Recently, my close relative Marnie phoned, asking if I’d look after her 13-year-old daughter while she and her husband...

Earl Fowler It was a Monday. Or maybe it was a Wednesday. Does anybody really know what time it is? All I know for sure is that it was...

David Sherman   Walking past the grocery. I stopped. There’s a guy in a cap, white beard, looks to be my age. Catches my eye, tells me...

Earl Fowler I was maybe 10. He was 15 and would soon be growing his hair long and greasy as a peace-and-love hippie, travelling to...

Gather ’round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun, A man whose allegiance Is ruled by expedience. Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown,...

The good news is, we will NEVER be the 51st state—even if every citizen has a lobotomy and complies.

Jane Weary I’d lived on the street for over a year before we spoke. It was me, more gregarious, louder, younger, who’d initiated the...

Earl Fowler My mother-in-law was the lone congregant, single parishioner, unique supplicant in a religion of one. She was an adherent —...

David Sherman   Portugal’s western border is all coastline. Nothing but sand, water and cliffs of ancient stone, much of it from the...

Quinn McIlhone I’m so overwhelmed by your allure I must affect a casual air, but the pose melts down on a humid morning in late August...

Bob Morrissey First some sad news: On Dec. 2, my sweet little five-pound Shih Tzu, Katie, died. She passed away overnight in her sleep,...

A version of this piece originally appeared in the Montreal Gazette   David Sherman If you're looking for heroes for all seasons, they're...

Earl Fowler This wasn’t no disco. No country club either. And here among the vulgar and tempestuous rabble of creeps and bums and...

A version of this was originally published in the Montreal Gazette. David Sherman All this carping about violence on the rink. Let me...

Earl Fowler The fury was predictable and entirely justified after U.S. DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk reposted a message on X Thursday...

Bob Morrissey I’ve always considered myself just an average guy with the usual peccadilloes. For instance, when I win at bingo, instead...

Earl Fowler Still had half a bottle of Hai Karate. Didn’t know whether to splash it under my ears, slather it along my neck or just get...

Bob Morrissey A year ago I came out of the closet. No, it’s not what you think — not that there’s anything wrong with that. I simply...

Does the imagination dwell the most Upon a woman won or a woman lost? If on the lost, admit you turned aside From a great labyrinth out...