A Visiting

“Ay, it’s the cost of everything these days that drives me crazy. Nowadays I’m only rolling my own.” Chris could … More

Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

I’d been praying, walking down the aisle, my carry-on black Adidas bag held out in front of me so as … More

The first time I visited Korea, at age 65, I dropped out of the sky,a stranger in a strange land, catapulted … More

I don’t know you, but I’ll go ahead and guessoddly, measure you out in teaspoons, tick-tock,another spoon and dip and … More

On the bus we’re headed through the desert for the Red Sea,crossing a staggering, desolate landscape.The heat outside withers you … More

Tourist I’m walking the neighborhoods of this small Scottish village. It’s too tiny to be called a “town”; maybe it’s … More

Here’s my rough draft for today, Saturday 01.22.22. I eat fast food maybe four times a year. When I do, Burger … More

My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More

I’ve been the recipient of many acts of kindness during my post-retirement travels. From Antarctica in February 2017 to Egypt … More

Sheryl brought him to our party, Vern, a guy she’d met in her Psych class. We were playing Telegraph or … More

For two nights straight, she’s come in around 8:00. She sits down right in front of the stage. Immediately when … More

He despised children. He sat there in the dark to make it look as though there was no one home. … More

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

I lay there looking up at what seemed like a bunch of wood and metal. I could feel things digging into … More

I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver, … More

would there and then the vast emptyacross the horizon your hand for mepass all yourself to here, your walkand stopto … More

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

The man, 30-something, points to his wrist: “Brah, what ti – ” I interrupt him, knowing where he’s going, and … More