“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More
Category: Children
Being Bold
My neighbor kid’s been helping me tie up some dead branches. Finished, I’m drinking a beer, he a passion-orange juice … More
It Was Something Important
A couple of years after Andrea’s father, someone I’d grown up with, died suddenly, her mother, whom I did not … More
Pray for a Generation A
We’re in a woeful state, down to the last generation: Z.I fear it might be they’re an omega of generations … More
Goes Without Saying
Glenda: So quiet tonight, yeah, dear. Herb: All that screaming today. All the noise pau. Glenda: This neighborhood used to … More
Business as Unusual
Robert Morgado did pest control. His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather. When his wife said “Nuff already, … More
Strong Women
She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 5, I Wish I Could Quit
You know how Mark Twain says that quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world, how he’s done it … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 4, Accidents Will Happen
Man, I really hate this. So now I’m going to have the same problem. I want to write about my third year … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 3, The Terrible Twos
The Terrible Twos? Hell. Shouldn’t this be Chapter 2 then, not Chapter 3? Curses. I’ll have to hammer that out come the final edit. … More
Time Lesson 10: Cutting Ties
He had a baby once.He didn’t survive the pregnancy.Neither did it. Neither did she.A crisis back then. What to do, … More