The Hardest Thing

I know what hard is, I’ve done some difficult things,and admitting I have a problem certainly wasn’t easy.  Getting myself … More

Madison WI

I’ll be back next March 2023, aftera three-year hiatus has cost me time. It’s become a kindly drug that worksto … More

From Time to Time

He woke up crying, rocking in his bed,unable to stand, let alone walk,and he wondered would he ever be ableto … More

First and Last

I’ve been on at least three hundred first dates,and while I don’t believe anyone can everhave seen it all, I … More

It’s All Relative

That X restaurant must be good because a lot of X eat there?As in: That Chinese/Korean/Japanese restaurant must be goodbecause … More

What in the World? (aka WTF?)

I’m on my way home, flying from China to Honolulu,and I post this newsy tidbit on my Facebook page.Not that … More

Chapter 10, “Moved by Music,” of my second memoir is now available on the Kindle Vella platform

She Will

She asks me if I’ve taken out the trash yet,and because I haven’t, I don’t answer her. I continue watching … More

Beauty’s Truth

Close as night and day, you say,we’re friends, just friends, for now,so let’s see what happens, you say.Bark to a … More

State Your Name and Your Business Here

I’m not used to such formality, and there’s the additional layerof being ordered to do this by a man wearing … More

A Walk into My Past

The walk down into Waipi‘o Valley on the Big Island is easy,but the hike up isn’t, for the casual stroller … More

Some Rave Review

Have you ever been curious about the notionthat when you are about to die, your lifewill flash before your eyes? … More

The Ancient Singer

Someone’s stumbling on the prayerEveryone tripping on the wayThey’d sew me a new coatWhere the treadle machine’s storedHoping we don’t … More

Softening Music

Grampa sits on the porch rockingHums songs from back in the day when he sang themFull-throated, lung-topped and smiling breathlesslyFeeling … More

“Doing Swimmingly,” Chapter 9 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Reflections

Amazing how so much dust and grimecoat the surface of a wall mirror.Lying on the floor, I could easily see,but … More

Missed Miles

Travel catch-upFrance friesChina frailsIreland fleetsNorway wavers Korea warnsAntarctica whelms Yesterdays of anytimeDesire returnedAche in the plane seatFatigue flying time zonesDay after … More

All Those Miles

Taking hits between rehearsing scenes of Oliver!Smoking all the time during dances and concertsDriving home smashed Saturday nights from Wai‘alae Drive-InDrunk … More

Never at All 

In my dream, just before the music plays – I’ve seen this so often over 60 years – learned all … More

Quid Pro Quo

The blackbirds are too many nowand fierce today. Even thoughI hurried to hang the laundry on the linebefore the sun … More