New Old Dog (I’m still struggling)

For one, you were a sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured out all of the tricks youpulled, a tribute to … More

Dr. Liu

Here’s to three years of “Let There Be Peace on Earth,”singing for it repeatedly and never seeing even one dayof … More

This industry — I see it in my travels, the flood of tourists and their money,spreading out and sprawling shades, … More

I lie and watch TV on Christmas Day with no desire,really, to glean anything of value from it, not understandinghalf … More

It’s blinding, the kind of pain that comes with the rains,up here, this time of year, lots of work for … More

About a year before it happened, when we were talking about his memoir,he told me he was “feeling a little … More

We Koreans converge on Hawai‘i Theatre tonight,all bows and the scent of garlic-laced dinners, lots of quick head nods and Annyeong … More

Trying to recall, I started counting when you said it,how many times you’d told me that before.“You should never do … More

It was the conversation Mr. and Mrs. Kakesako had dreaded having. Well, the one they’d dreaded having would have been … More

Maybe I’ve been here before, but I can’t say.My heartbeat tells me this could be a new place,that excitement of … More

Of Fall and Winter All is vivid green here today, the sustained rainsheeting its clear wrapped folds down all around … More

“Hello hello hello, everybody.” The big man taps the mic. “If you could please take your seats, we can get … More

I dream of my father today, the Battle of the Bulge,begun on this date in 1944, the fiercest European Theaterengagement … More

I’m sure I don’t have the largest collection of Aloha shirts in the world, but I do have the largest … More

(Please Note: My postings are always rough drafts. By the time you see them, I’ve sometimes made changes/corrections, maybe even … More

Termites don’t have hands, I thought, silently cursing my not-so-very amusing friend. Rod, who wasn’t even a licensed exterminator, had … More

She sells coffee as a living at 22 young years,this whip-smart barista with the green hairtoday, red hair yesterday, and … More

I was standing in my driveway, saying hello to a neighbor walking her dog. K does this four or five … More

“You want to go to Chicago for what?” I ask. “Tights,” says the dancer in my life. I can’t tell … More