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On a wintry January evening, I come home after a hard day at work. The house is cold and dark. The night, chilly and damp and entirely appropriate for a winter evening. I enter through the back door. For a … Continue reading →

We are celebrating Christmas this year whether Covid likes it or not. The lights are up in the windows festively dispelling the darkness of this horrible year. Our Christmas tree shines brightly in the corner, as it has been doing … Continue reading →

        my wife, cat and I having Thanksgiving dinner just us happy three     copyright 2020 Christopher Donahue      

      autumn leaves swirl down Thanksgiving T.V. dinners covid continues   copyright 2020  Christopher Donahue      

          Space was the theme of this year’s Friends of the West Roxbury Library Poetry Contest.  Here is my contribution that won honorable mention in the adult section.     Felix the other day my cat passed away bundled in … Continue reading →

Yesterday, some friends and I hiked up Mt. Monadnock in southern New Hampshire. It was a gorgeous Fall day and the mountain was a wonderful vantage from which to enjoy the foliage. As we chatted on the socially-distanced hike up, … Continue reading →

And off he went into the night… That was my eighty-nine year old Dad, riding off in an ambulance on the way to the emergency room. It was late on a warm Friday night. We called an ambulance because of … Continue reading →

In bad times, it is important to try to focus on what is good and true and beautiful. Early today, I went out to exercise and enjoy the last of these summer mornings. I Stretching out, I noticed bumblebees on … Continue reading →

When bad things happen in nice weather. That sums up the largely forgettable  Covid-summer of 2020.  I always hate to see summer end, but this year everything feels different. It is very strange to see August draw to a close … Continue reading →

It is hard to beat laying on the lawn on a warm summer night looking for shooting stars.   And that’s what i was doing last night, a little bit after midnight.   I was continuing a long family tradition of watching … Continue reading →