Reflection | Michael T. Dolan

A View from the Stoop

The Morning Call (October 31, 2023) By Michael T. Dolan I sit on the stoop and wait for darkness, a nightly ritual both simple and sacred. As daylight fades and dusk arrives, my eyes alight in the night. Autumn is made for the nocturnal, and …

Living in the moment

The four-year-old boy looks up from his bowl of cereal and declares: “I love being four.” He lifts spoon to mouth, and goes back to work.

The Beachcomber

Just after dawn, with the sun still low on the horizon, a lone woman searches the shoreline. Her outstretched arms clutch a metal detector as its base moves side to side over the sand. Slowly, she systematically scours the sand for the flotsam and jetsam …

The snake

The woman’s voice was frantic as she called across the yard to me. I hurried over to her with uncertainly in my steps, not sure what lay in store for me. Having moved into our house just weeks before, I had met the neighbor just once. …