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Category: Writer Wednesday

All I Had To Do

I have been dreaming myself into stories again.  These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More

#Aging, #Birthdays, #Childhood, #Dreams, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #SmallWorld, #Time, #WriterWednesday

The Sharpest Knife

Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps.  Nobody is 100% perfect.  But … More

#CharacterSketch, #Death, #Education, #FlashFictionFeb, #Murder, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Tell Me a Story About

So you’re sitting in a room with a blank piece of paper or a blank screen in front of you. … More

#FlashFictionFeb, #OnWriting, #ShortStory, #Teaching, #WriterWednesday

Not for Sale

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More

#Fathers, #Hawaii, #Love, #Music, #ParentsandChildren, #Rivalries, #Teenagers, #WriterWednesday, Hawaii

The Best Gift

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it. Mr. Watanabe looked at it.  Then at the other … More

#Birthdays, #FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Marriage, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Within a dream

When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More

#Love, #Poetry, #Searching, #WriterWednesday

A Way with Words

We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad … More

#Aging, #fiction, #Prose, #Time, #WriterWednesday

All the Swimmers Are Strong

“What’s he done?  Lady, that is what David Chan will get out of the guy who just plugged your hubby.  Either he … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday

I think I’ve known him all my life

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

#Aging, #Grief, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday

Adultery, Theft, and Murder, Oh My (260 words)

I went back to my office.  Some woman was waiting.  I was anxious to get to the bottom of Kama and Eugene’s … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday

What’re the Chances? (160 words)

Chan had a witness.  It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Mystery, #WriterWednesday

Carousel of Time

The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More

#Aging, #Memories, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterWednesday

Prune Mui

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi.  If there were someone living near you who had … More

#Christmas, #Death, #food, #Mystery, #Neighbors, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

No Fall at Kōke‘e

It was that booming sound of rage, so thrillingto witness the angry sloshup of hydrologic forces,brimming froth and foam and … More

#Childhood, #Death, #Memories, #Poetry, #TakingChances, #WriterWednesday

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 22, The Bachelor Life for Me

Never start a piece of writing offering your reader advice.  What you will find, I have reason to believe, is that … More

#WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt, Memoir, NaNoWriMo2020, relationships

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 15, Get Your Motor Running

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

#Cars, #Driving, #Hawaii, #Learning, #Memoir, #NaNoWriMo2020, #ParentsandChildren, #travel, #Wisconsin, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 10, Moved by Music

My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences.  One of these was … More

#Childhood, #family, #Memoir, #Movies, #Musicals, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Opera, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 3, The Terrible Twos

The Terrible Twos?  Hell.  Shouldn’t this be Chapter 2 then, not Chapter 3?   Curses.   I’ll have to hammer that out come the final edit. … More

#Childhood, #Games, #Hawaii, #Memoir, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Strangers, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

A Dying Wish

The second thing I remember is my 4th birthday party,five red wax candles burning on a pink cake, the extra one … More

#Birthdays, #Memoires, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Wishes, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Playing a Game (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 17)

A man standing in front of Chan, turned to face him. “Oh wow,” the man said, “look who’s here.  If it … More

#CrimeFiction, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #ShootingPool, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

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