Without hesitation, Chan said, “No.  I trust Bobby with my life.  There’s always concern about dirty cops, but it could be anyone … More

David Chan dreamt of his wife Elaine less often than he wished.  It had been six years since she’d died.  He dreaded … More

Should I stay or should I go?  I down the rest of my beer.  I’m so tired, and between the beer and … More

My parents gave up on each other when I was five, and my mom raised me alone.  She died just after … More

David Chan approached the buildings.  Beyond, in a garden-like setting, many monks were practicing tai-chi.  Oddly, turtles of different sizes were roaming … More

Denise Chan had stumbled into Daoism.  She’d taken a wrong turn in the back of Nu‘uanu Valley and discovered the temple. Curious, … More

He could see the sun just breaking the horizon, a tiny sliver of light, but it was still dark.  He’d been … More

Not to look at it ever again,not to see that way anymore,I hide myself from me, from usand from that … More

I love, at first, that you commented on everything indiscriminately,pointed at this or that, attached sounds to whatever ideasran around … More

When you taste it now, you can’t believe why,but there was a time you actually enjoyed it,how on earth, when … More

I think I remember when I didn’t have to possess things.It took seven years to figure out what to dowith … More

I hear my laughing, a laughter I can’tduplicate anymore, rolling down fifty years,the clink of glasses, raucous toastingto whatever lay … More

The stage is empty, uncrowded, the clipped smiles werebriefer than the blink of a glassy-eyed battle fatiguethat runs deeper than … More

Sometimes when I’m sick, I think I liveso far away from the world that I’m on the other side of … More

Once I was convicted, sentenced to be a prisoner of love,I did my time willingly, reformed my ways gladly,mended with … More

Tomorrow you will fly half way around the world, and with layovers, it will take youjust over 48 hours take … More