Today I wore long pants for the first time since I flew home from Egypt in February 2020.That would be … More
Month: September 2021
To See What He Had Seen — Part Seven
Captain Kauhane let Chan and Yamamoto know that the coroner, Hank Lee, had informed him there was no immediate way … More
A Meditation
Being alive always struck me as a kind of double-edged sword.To be afraid of the unknown, I suppose, is natural.I … More
Episode #10 of my Hawaiʻi-Based Crime Story is now available on Kindle’s Vella Platform
To See What He Had Seen — Part Six
Yu sat steaming at his desk. Nothing that affected his enterprise should ever escape notice. He had informants planted everywhere, had bought … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Five
Old man Kang Yu had been a hard father to grow up under. He stressed education for his son, Byung. But it … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Four
Byung Yu sat open-mouthed, apparently nonplussed by this strange statement. Victor Yamamoto barely suppressed bursting out laughing. David Chan observed … More
To See What He Had Seen – Part Three
Here’s my draft for today, Aloha Friday, 09.24.21 To See What He Had Seen — Part Three Captain Kauhane emerged … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Two
Chan and Yamamoto sat across from one another at their desks. Chan, bleary-eyed, watched his partner munch on a donut. Taking … More
If You Build It Will They Come?
Retirement has brought many changes. Four years ago I began decorating my windows for Halloween. Never having done this, and … More
From Dream to Dream
I believe I see down the aisle someone who dreams, by the black tights and leg warmers, of colossal success, … More
The Gift of Quick Disclosure
She asked what it was before she unwrapped it. Do you ever wonder why people ask that about gifts?It’s as … More
The Power of Prayer
She’d noticed that he spent more and more time reading the obituaries. Not that more people were dying, although Covid had … More
Do You Remember? (An Old Car)
Listening to Neil YoungI saw your face in the fire.It took me back to Madisonand winter walks in the night.Remember … More
The Rite of Spring
Spring came mid-March this year, the first day fallingon the same day I’d have headed for my annual Madison writing … More
The Weight
The old woman sits in a beach chair, ten feet away from the fruit standShe wears an orange and yellow floral … More
A Medical Miracle
For a long time now, when I’d be eating my cornflakes at the breakfast table, I’d keep thinking you were … More
To Dream the Impossible Dream
Ever wonder if it’s spring’s choice to grow green grass and all those leaves and flowers?Or is spring coerced, preferring … More
Odds Are
It’s best to be born mid-century.I was born in 1954, just a babe in the nuclear age.If you come in … More
The Fabled Cliché
Never say a good or a bad egg.However, if there is an egg involveddo not ever assume it is an … More
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