He wasn’t the type who’d say, This is my old lady. He introduced my mom by her nickname only, never … More
Category: Parents and Children
Going Pro
By the time she was twelve, she’d risen to the top of the amateur circuit here in Hawai‘i. Her parents, … More
Laundry Lines
My mom calls out from the kitchen window, telling me to hurry and bring in the clothes drying on the … More
The Meaning of Family
You may have heard or read this morning’s news reportabout a man in China, kidnapped 24 years agoat the age … More
Not for Sale
In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 23, A Tale of Mad City
My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 18, Like Heads Through the Hourglass
Drinking alcohol was so easy now. It seemed like only yesterday, on a dull Friday or Saturday night, we’d be … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 15, Get Your Motor Running
When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 10, Moved by Music
My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences. One of these was … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 8, To Read or Not To Read
I’ve always felt that there are some books I love so much that I keep coming back to them despite … 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
A Father’s Love (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 22)
When the call from Shanghai came, Chan’s adrenaline rush quickly died. “There was no tall woman in a mu‘umu‘u on … More
