A Meal with You

Always my favorite, reliving this, under the Golden Arches, every single Filet-o-Fish, no, really, if you could have been here … More

Would I Watch with Her?

She wanted a big-screen TV mounted on the wall opposite her bed.“I’m going to watch my soaps,” she said, “and … More

Kidnapped and blindfolded, I’m dumped in an unknown part of town.Sitting on the asphalt, I remember it’s Christmas Eve and … More

Each time I speak, every utterance, albeit nearly imperceptibly,the voices of my ancestors equally sound on my tongue,treading my thoughtful … More

There once was a bard from Hawai‘iWho penned little poems as a hobbyFrom the time he learned lettersHe got better … More

She tells me she has never been late for an event in her life. I examine my watch. It is … More

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The … More

Bored yesterday, I decided to go back to the beginningof the James Bond film franchise, to Sean Connery,still my favorite, … More

My father and I both love our steak rare.My mother has a hard time watching us eat it.My father jokes … More

When he awoke, he saw that someone had stolen his pants.He knew that someone would come during the nightto break … More

I’m happy to say that Episode 14 of my Lieutenant David Chan crime story is now available on the Amazon … More

The feelings were hard, no matter what you said. Maybe not on your side, but they were on mine. What … More

My brain has always been a foggy swirl of what-ifs.Every day, really. Choices. Of great consequence or small.Do I ask her … More

They are the scalpels into the heart of the storyCatalogers of the tales of life, of death, and beyondSpeakers of … More

Steve shows me how to hold the smoke in.At 16 I’m already a veteran cigarette smoker,so that’s not the problem.Twenty … More

I will enter the vault in search of the song I believe I have spun here on old vinyl.Memory could … More

You will remember her all the days of your life,perhaps think about her accidentally,hearing a similar voice, seeing a similar … More

It is similar to the way the deaf interpret music as vibration, but even harder to perceive if you are … More

There’s an enormous crowd at the tiny lookout above Halema‘uma‘u. I and Commander Williams, USN Retired, continue along the trail … More

Can you picture the moment of your conception?I like to think that it was one involving great passion,rather than an … More