I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More
Category: aging
Goes Without Saying
Glenda: So quiet tonight, yeah, dear. Herb: All that screaming today. All the noise pau. Glenda: This neighborhood used to … More
Again with Hermione and Maurice
Please, love, please let’s not argue all night long about this silly little thing. I agree, yes indeed, we should … More
A Morning Ritual
She watched him every morning, very closely, waiting for something. He would sit slumped in his seat at the table. … More
Then and Now
I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to … More
The world, grown old
You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every … More
This is now
Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More
A Way with Words
We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad … More
I think I’ve known him all my life
I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More
It’s All Downhill
I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver, … More
Carousel of Time
The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More
Books as old friends
I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More
Cold Comfort
He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More
My corn grows high
in five large black plastic pots on my lānai,watering, and fertilized with care,I am satisfied, bearthe slight tremorin my hands … More
November Song
I look back on them all long and longfor what I might have had in my mind’s eyesee red skirts … More
Time Lesson 9: How to Cut It
I sliced the back of my neck the other day.Not huge, but not small either. Lots of blood.I was pissed. … More
Time Lesson 7: Stop the Clock
Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More
Time: Lesson 6 (Picture It)
It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More
Time: Lesson #5 (September Song)
RememberSummerCountryRockDiscoPop78Era / AndRecordsCassettesCDsMP3sWaiterPlease * * * * * Aloha #WriterFriday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is music Use it to inspire a piece … More
Hiking Lessons
I am hiking up Pālolo Valley with my friend Olav. We’ve brought along way more than enough beer to fuel … More