All I Had To Do

I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More

High Stakes

Ed had been in a bad auto accident. More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More

Retirement had been half, half good so far. The bad side was that he still had never established a routine … More

Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at O‘ahu University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories … More

I’m guessing someone’s died out here tonight. He’d been brought up in the Lutheran Church, his Grandmother and then his … More

She tried to be friendly to the customers most of the time. “I’m sorry, John, I didn’t quite catch your … More

I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent … More

He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park. They would draw back the bow string, close their … More

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More

Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife. People who knew about her ability – and this was all … More

I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to … More

When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More

The phone rang, distracting her. She was thinking about her husband, Harry. She looked over at the clock: 9:45. He was coming home later … More

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it. Mr. Watanabe looked at it. Then at the other … More

It amazed him how long, after a tree died, was even completely rotted through like this one appeared to be, … More

Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

I’m happy to say that my memoir is now available in both Kindle and print editions.

I started running when I moved back to Honolulu. Running in Madison was difficult for me because it was always either … More

It was the coldest winter on record in Wisconsin. David was glad to be back home in Hawai‘i for winter break. Grad … More