Close

We sit on the runway at O’Hare awaiting takeoff, Madison our destination. I always try to break the ice with … More

Passing

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

The Filmmaker

He’d switched from champagne to beer. He’d disappeared from the reception down in the main ballroom, and I’d decided to … More

Dream Dream Dream

Seen it.  Seen it.  Yeah.  Seen it.  Seen it.  Oh, man. Seen it.  Seen it.  Geez. Oh, hey, how’s it … More

Unusual Business

They weren’t friends. Let’s call them acquaintances. Maybe. They’d done business together for several years, now, and today’s meeting had … More

Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More

Buyer Beware

I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners.  You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing … More

Front

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

Disillusion

After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … More

Hope

Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More

Lifesaver

He’d joined on the Daegu because his uncle captained that long-line vessel.It was grueling work, worse his stomach betrayed him … More

Hiatus

A break for her came, the grading of papers and the teaching done.The quiet pulse of what’s to do next, … More

Expertise

He does not perform his work with the armchair ease you mightsuspect when it comes to paper pushing. True, he … More

Value

The work wasn’t easy, more like hard play. She wasa busy barista, true, and all of the manic franticnessof rush … More

Pro Bono

Have you ever been at that point in a project where you’re just about finished, but there’s some nervousness making … More

Job Description

(Please Note: My postings are always rough drafts. By the time you see them, I’ve sometimes made changes/corrections, maybe even … More

Latte Days

She sells coffee as a living at 22 young years,this whip-smart barista with the green hairtoday, red hair yesterday, and … More

The Last Meeting Mantra

We slouch around the conference table like sagging pillars of Stonehenge, all of us engrossed as vegans in the prospect … More

All the Hours of the Day and Night

I don’t know which of the 12 hours I love more,the half that’s a.m., or the half that’s p.m.I’d always … More

Carbon Copy

Turns the fingers, hands of sloppy, floppy people smudgy. Muck your hands around and blacken paper, shirt, cheek. Handwashers of … More