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Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Author: Lanning Lee

I write both prose and poetry. I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. I would like to see this site be one of comments and sharing of your own pieces. Together I hope we can grow our writing.

Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More

#family, #Love, #Travel, #Work, #WriterTuesday

When You’re Right

It began one Saturday morning when his mother had been drinking coffee and reading the paper at the breakfast table. … More

#Money, #MothersandSons, #Neighbors, #WriterMonday

Tomorrow

The two took a table, their old table, in the Coffee Stop.  It was one establishment that had survived the worst … More

#Aging, #Covid, #friendship, #WriterSunday

Buyer Beware

I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners.  You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing … More

#Costs, #Money, #Romance, #Work, #WriterSaturday

The Long Grass

I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More

#Death, #life, #LovedOnes, #WriterFriday, #Yardwork

Chapter One, “Chan and Lee, Holmes and Watson,” of my fourth Lt. David Chan mystery, The Housing Market Murders, is now available on the Kindle Vella Platform.

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery

Heavy Sleeper

“I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs. … More

#Death, #FathersandDaughters, #HusbandsandWives, #Love, #WriterThursday

Hit

This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the … More

#Murder, #Music, #OnWriting, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday

Front

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

#Death, #Work, #WriterTuesday

Disillusion

After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … More

#OldAge, #Teachers, #Work, #WriterSunday, #Youth

I’m happy to say that my second memoir, More About That Later, Hawai’i Born and Bred, is now available

You can find it in both paperback and ebook editions on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/lanninglee

Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

#Cars, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Normal

If you lived an eternity in each moment, he wondered,why wouldn’t that mean you’d only ever live for a single … More

#life, #Time, #WriterFriday

Hope

Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More

#Memory, #School, #Work, #WriterThursday, Ability, Talent

Pursuit

The only way to get in there, she believed without question, was throughperforming good deeds, the living by and through … More

#gooddeeds, #life, #Religion, #WriterWednesday

Lifesaver

He’d joined on the Daegu because his uncle captained that long-line vessel.It was grueling work, worse his stomach betrayed him … More

#Danger, #Fish, #life, #Work, #WriterTuesday

Circus

As a child he’d attended the circus once, and once only.His parents, he imagined, must have seen it as a … More

#Animals, #ParentsandChildren, #Violence, #WriterMonday

Hiatus

A break for her came, the grading of papers and the teaching done.The quiet pulse of what’s to do next, … More

#Retirement, #Teachers, #Work, #WriterSunday

Tradition

His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More

#FathersandSons, #Religion, #WriterSaturday

Old

She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More

#Love, #Marriage, #Memories, #WriterFriday

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  • Figuring 7 Feb 2023
    “I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More
    Lanning Lee
  • When You’re Right 6 Feb 2023
    It began one Saturday morning when his mother had been drinking coffee and reading the paper at the breakfast table. … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Tomorrow 5 Feb 2023
    The two took a table, their old table, in the Coffee Stop.  It was one establishment that had survived the worst … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Buyer Beware 4 Feb 2023
    I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners.  You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing … More
    Lanning Lee
  • The Long Grass 3 Feb 2023
    I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Chapter One, “Chan and Lee, Holmes and Watson,” of my fourth Lt. David Chan mystery, The Housing Market Murders, is now available on the Kindle Vella Platform. 3 Feb 2023
    Lanning Lee
  • Heavy Sleeper 2 Feb 2023
    “I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs. … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Hit 1 Feb 2023
    This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Front 31 Jan 2023
    It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More
    Lanning Lee
  • Disillusion 30 Jan 2023
    After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … More
    Lanning Lee

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