Race

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

Three, Two, One

He jumps in his car and drives,from the Oakland docks, remember?and drives fastO, Death, Ralph Stanley,running round on a loop, … More

Once upon a time there was a little girl from Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders, And there was a … More

“You don’t recognize me, do you?” She’s smiling at me, a good smile, the kind of smile that lights up … More

Sickest I’ve ever been. I don’t think anyone got annual flu shots back then. At least I never heard of … More

I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent … More

They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth. It was officially the coldest winter … More

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

I’m happy to say that my memoir is now available in both Kindle and print editions.

1977. It’s mostly a blur. Sometimes when I try to recall the events of that year, it seems as if it were … More

My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More

When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More

One October when I was living in Madison, I agreed to housesit for some friends who were headed out of … More

Two things I do know for sure about my first year on this planet. One, I was an aggressive breast feeder. This … More

I hear, see, grow the silence of the fields, the farmershaving retreated into their farmhouses as graves,the long acres of … More

Last night I dreamed I danced on my Norwegian side.I’m ashamed to say, I’ve no idea what authentic Norwegian dance … More

So they don’t look like ones, you taught me, thatwill bring us back to all the music in Madison held … More

i.My poor dance of memory means I can’t quite reconfigure you,a fool’s waltz round to think today, remembering how we … More

i.You grow a green world, have a green thumb, I see,and I gladly enter into your loamy scented Eden,hung with … More

I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More