I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More
Category: Writer Tuesday
Mr. Kim Rings In
Mrs. Robertson added, “We go to Europe frequently for Lambert’s business, but we manage to vacation a good deal.” “Yes, … More
London/Derry
Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More
Best Laid Plans (230 words)
I dreaded visiting Heels in O‘ahu Prison. Not because of going into the prison, but because of having to see him. … More
Wha-da-ya Know? (140 words)
I explained to Chan how Eugene Kanai called a few hours ago, said he wanted to tell me something he … More
Books as old friends
I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More
Elephant Santa
My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof. Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it … More
Movie Musing
He’s only a speck when he comes to town, before he grows larger, becomes recognized at the edge as a … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 21, It Was a Very Good Year
A one, and a two: When I was living Chapter 21, it was a very good year . . . … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 14, A Petty Pace
I know this may be hard to believe, but there was a time once, many moons ago, when English majors … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 9, Doing Swimmingly
It was time, my parents decided, for me to learn how not to drown. We live in Hawai‘i, so we’re surrounded … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 2, My Teeth
Two things I do know for sure about my first year on this planet. One, I was an aggressive breast feeder. This … More
Chasing the Fat Man (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 20)
Chan asked what was up. “It’s a body. They found it out back,” said officer Williams. Chan’s pulse quickened as the … More
When Will Rogers Met Donald Trump
Stuck here at home, unable to see my family anymore,lying in bed at night I think, with short, shallow breaths … More
The Fat Man (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 13)
Chan said simply that there were unanswered questions, but on the way to the station, he could see everything that … More
Time Lesson 7: Stop the Clock
Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More
Timing (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 6)
Back at his desk, Chan took a look at the files of some other open cases. The one that concerned him … More
Time: Lesson #1
I hear that gentle knock at the door, my teacher Time, again.She comes around, and we sit together on my … More
The Whys of Love (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part 36)
“But why steal from old people the cars you use for the other old people to hit?” “Well, boss, maybe … More
Some Peace
I think about how I heard you rant at death for so long,then near the end ask for it to … More