In the beginning there was inertia,and inertia led, as you might expect,to nothing, so what had beensomethingness became nothingness: Take-out … More
Month: April 2022
The Last Meeting Mantra
We slouch around the conference table like sagging pillars of Stonehenge, all of us engrossed as vegans in the prospect … More
Episode #20 of my latest Lt. David Chan mystery series
A Sorry Sight
My father sold insurance, and many of his clients lived in the roughest parts of town.He kept under the driver’s … More
It Felt So Good
That Sony radio’s cheap black leather strapjust barely tied the music to my wrist.So poorly made I feared it just … More
Impermanent Ink (Blue Period)
You sent me the self-portrait in a card once, maybe 1980. You are lying on your stomach, propped up on … More
Now and Then
We sit sipping coffee. Awkward. Growing cold. My son and daughter, I say, in their 30s, have given me three grandchildren. I … More
To the Rescue
You didn’t finish the yard work, only half the bedroom’s painted.Dishes lie in the sink, and you hear the bathroom … More
No Movement
A ballroom exists, a heavenly one with a perfect floor, wide as the universe is wide,where the likes of Ginger Rogers … More
Earth Day 04.22.2022
Happy Earth Day to you, Earth. Our apologies for everything we’ve done to you. We wish we could go back … More
A Snail’s Pace
Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way … More
Episode #19 of my current Lt. David Chan Honolulu mystery series is available
What the Cat Typed
I jolt awake in the dark.Well, it would be dark except my computer,as have I, has come out of sleep … More
Some Peace
We meet our elderly guide in the late afternoon,the graying skies adding to the somber atmosphereoverlaying the double-named London/Derry landscape. … More
Stories of My Grandmother
Sometimes my maternal grandmother visits me,I’ll come awake gradually, know she’s sitting there,silent guardian at the foot of my bed, … More
We Meet
That night I saw you firecracker starburst red,ablaze in a beautifully carved body,an exquisite silhouette scribed against the dark,your hand … More
Transistor Days
On the square, silver Sony radiowith the cheap black leatherette wrist strapI always feared would snap,our soundtrack falling lost into … More
It’s Not Me, It’s you
It’s been a while.I wish you were here.How have you been?Life hasn’t been the same without you.Do you miss me?Do … More
Too Patient
It’s been harder for me to step across that line.You’ve been waiting there for me for such a long time.If … More
Family Tree
I’m sleeping, I think; this has the vivid feeling of a dream.Before my house was rebuilt, a huge mango tree … More