A Haunting

Always pictured as a dark forest in ever after land, a hollow space opening up to a cavernous clearing, echoing … More

Brass Ring

Whatever it was, however it happened, every leap turned out a big waste of time deal, in those days when … More

It is 114 degrees, noon, and I step out onto Langdon, stealthy, my eyes darting everywhere, see someone coming, sit … More

My first winter in Madison The coldest winter since they began keeping track The temperature plummeting into the -60s with … More

We’d known each other, worked together in the record store, for nearly six months already. By the time she came … More

It’s hard,the forever of never.I’d love to stay completely absorbed in the present,but I think of you now and then, … More

Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I … More

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

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 on … More

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