It’s ending a lot to look like Christmas

Nordstom finally took down their Christmas window displays. They’re not the last store at Ala Moana Shopping Center to do…

Walking That Way

Sadness sets in counting the steps, not looking up, not looking forward. Making your way there watching your feet move,…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Sunday 01.16.22 The End of the Innocence Imagine the biggest chocolate bar you could…

You might want to scream when you’re staring at the screen,wondering whether it’s frozen or not. It’s like the clock’s…

I’m happy to say that Episode 5 of my latest Lieutenant David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story is now available on…

It’s another spring coming that I won’t be back in Madison,go there to write, my personal writing workshop, a retreat,where…

You knew I loved practical jokes when we met,you even said then you really adored them.So I tried my best…

When it’s time for me to pretend I’ve grown old,I’ve decided the most important thingI’ll need to be able to…

He comes in out of the rain, slides off his lion’s head, grabs a beer, and leans back against the…

It is here now for a minute, that finger-drawn faceon the steamed glass is yours, ars brevis,fading as the warmth…

With her tousled white hair and shredded clothes, the elderly Japanese woman appears to be someone living on the street.…

When she had lost her job due to downsizing because of the pandemic, Michi imagined it was the end for…

Over the course of the pandemic, Carl had lost both his mother and his father. He’d donated most of their…

I’m happy to say that Episode 4 of my second David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story is now available on the…

I think it safe to say, upon cool reflection now, long after the crimes we committed in our youth, that…

We’re off now, I guess, with your leaving here,since I’m pretty sure that ends whatever this was.O‘ahu is too small…

I always think it’s a dream, you know, that whole today is ending now,the clock ticking me up to midnight…

Each year of my life, from the very first timeI was conscious of believing it might be this way,I was…

Well this is easy, I think,reading the simple instructionson the small piece of paper inside the plastic bag.But it’s not…

This is the kind of weather where you don’t want to let your dog outside because you know she’ll be…