Let’s merge, what do you say, into one body,where we talk the same talk, walk the same walk,you and me … More

      Supa sat with me.  I was glad.  He knew I was nervous.  First time for me, you know?       “What if they start fighting?” … More

“He will love us all as if it’s not a duty to be burdened with.”I see this scrawl on the … More

No kidding, everybody knows the cost of living in Honolulu is outrageous.  To own a home here is a dream that … More

I don’t remember beforeI didn’t have anybody to talk to and thenI remember the party started, and the crowd grew,and … More

Every tongue is unique, what you say is only you, you talk your own talk, the language of your mind, … More

I’m sitting in the Frankfurt Airport.  I’m not going to blow smoke here, folks.  This is not one of your five-star airports.  It’s … More

I’ve always felt that I could hear more languages spokenhere at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airportthan I could hear anywhere else … More

Yesterday I had a suspicion. All day long I sensedthat last night you might sneak up from behind,put your arms … More

Last night late I looked at stars,observed the light that traveled so far from long ago,thought about how old, old … More

Everything made absolute sense.  I would run through my scales, practice my chords, my little exercise pieces.  I was, if not talented, … More

In the fog, the lost wander on,so pain comes with the rainfor somewhere a child is lostand that pain is … More

The humming in my head is so persistentit gets me up in the middle of the night. Night hunger, like … More

Suddenly I woke up, straining to look up,heard that incessant beating on the doorby the frozen hand, and I saw … More

Mrs. Kimura always gave us all kinds of goodies over the years.  She would make them herself, all year round.  A month … More

I love retirement. In the morning, when folks are standing at the bus stop outside my house, I hang on … More

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