Since the time he’d had braces as a kid, he’d been a floss-aholic.  Any food particle between his teeth drove him … More

Sometimes it felt like everything came down to a beautiful struggle in the dark, the work and work until she … More

If she’s told them once . . . well, she has told them once, hasn’t she? Hasn’t she?  It’s hard to … More

He’s always thinking about other people, more particularly, what he can do for this family.   Barbeque perhaps, bake some muffins, … More

I run across the street, against the red light,to get out of the downpour.  I have no umbrellaagain. I never know … More

So, yeah, that’s the last one there.  None of themare perfect, of course, none exactly to my tastes, really,but I’m no … More

Near seven decades of run on, sentenced to a worn and hazy neatlythere you go, so you’ve slowed, you slowly, … More

The idea is knowing that I can gosomewhere, and I am making the firstpattern of steps, no one has ever … More

David Chan thought his partner might make and interesting tour guide. “This guy, this neighborhood, what a frickin bunch of … More

Being able to tell a joke is an art,rolling helter-skelter over a rough patchof cobbled words to a smooth finish,kicking … More

It was very strange, wandering there in the woods of Cape Breton.  I had just finished 10th-grade.  My folks and I were … More

Mahalo to Tamara Yancosky https://monikajeneva.wordpress.com for her nomination of my blog for this wonderful recognition award. I started my blog … More

Another summing up from the lectern,that all told coming, maybe the biggestword problem we’ll ever solve.Who said they’d never need … More

It’s the week before Christmas. I’m in a store at Ala Moana Shopping Center, that conglomeration of places that speak … More

To every woman I’ve wanted to sayI love youI love you. For every woman I’ve wanted to kissand didn’tthis is … More

When elderly former lovers meet unexpectedly,do both know that whatever they felt for each otheris gone, neither feeling the same … More

Where there was nothing, a blank canvas,then there was something, gatherings,celebrations of life continuinginto the twilight, with laughter, singing,and the … More

It’s the New Year, the happiestof them all so far.  Each one happierthan the last. Still, Sixty-five years running aroundthe sun … More

Icebergs, although you may find yourself in a situationwhere one might appear to be bearing down on you,are victims of … More