“This Petty Pace,” Chapter 14 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

For the Future

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

In the Thick of It

I’m back in Korea, the birthplace of my father’s parents,which means I’m again seeing people everywherewho appear as though they … More

I Am Photo Man

If you’d ask me 20 years ago how I felt about phones,I’d have said something along the lines of them … More

Not So Sweet

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens … More

A New Way

The beginning’s in the end, you know.Good advice, like how a closing door signalssome new one opening, or a window, … More

“It’s a Small, Small World,” Chapter 13 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Old Acquaintance

You surprise me, knocking on my door after 15 years,but I recognize that face behind the mask instantly.The last time … More

In the Bunker

From outside you would hardly see it, this bunkerbuilt by US troops during the Korean War on the DMZ.It is … More

From Both Sides

We view the Korean DMZ from several vantage points,each one quite a distance from North Korea itself.At the Odusan Unification … More

The Struggle in Korea, Too

Old women here bend over trash cans searching for recyclablesjust as they do back home, these aged, frail women who … More

Karma Tranquilizer

Our guide says jet lag should never be a problemif we know the proper way to deal with it.Without realizing … More

That Other World

Darkness never bothered me, even as a kid.It’s what might be hiding there that’s worrying. My mother always told me … More

Alan

Whenever we met, Alan would gift mewith the latest collection of short storieshe’d found while browsing used bookstores. Whenever we … More

Blood

Are you a friends and family, or a family and friends type of person? Whenever I say it or write … More

Origin

If you want to pinpoint your origins, how far back do you go? How far back do you want to … More

Conduct

We’d sit at stoplights and classical music would playon the public radio station to which she still donated.Again she’d begin … More

The Shapes of Friends

If you exist but have no friends, no circle of friends, are you a simply a dot? I was asked … More

“Fear and Loathing,” Chapter 12 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Hygiene Conscious

The moment Keoki touched it, he wished he hadn’t grabbed the overhead handrail. Someone had left behind a trace of … More