A Last Wave

Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an … More

Some Legend

A revered professor. From our days of college pressures and living free, before the world you know tries its level … More

The sides of the mountain are heavily wooded, a palette of greens and browns, but the top is craggy and … More

I’m not into tattoos. The first thing I ask a woman who’s interested in taking a relationship further is if … More

Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More

My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More

The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More

For cutting and weeding there’s nothing I like morethan my small sickle, its 3-inch serrated bladeeasy to maneuver speedily with … More

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More

A dream you dreamt. It’s the one that surprises you at noon the following day. Eating your sandwich or washing … More

If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More

I often remember who I am, and I recall past events,both recent and distant, with a fair degree of accuracy.If … More

Mr. Fujimoto wheeled his gray trash bin to the curb and dropped it at the edge. Pausing, he looked down … More

I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … 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 hunting once more, roaming the mysterious interior,farther and farther into the forest of memory, the thicket of heart,traipsing around … More

I could not go with you lost on that trail you and me crocuses and cacti fields of yellow daffodils … More

The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More

“You don’t recognize me, do you?” She’s smiling at me, a good smile, the kind of smile that lights up … More

Please, love, please let’s not argue all night long about this silly little thing. I agree, yes indeed, we should … More