“Come out, come out, wherever you are.” A game I don’t actually remember playing.The only one I think might have…
I’m happy to say that my collection of short stories, Sketches from the Hawaiian Archipelago, is now available on Amazon
The Hardest Thing
I know what hard is, I’ve done some difficult things,and admitting I have a problem certainly wasn’t easy. Getting myself…
Madison WI
I’ll be back next March 2023, aftera three-year hiatus has cost me time. It’s become a kindly drug that worksto…
From Time to Time
He woke up crying, rocking in his bed,unable to stand, let alone walk,and he wondered would he ever be ableto…
First and Last
I’ve been on at least three hundred first dates,and while I don’t believe anyone can everhave seen it all, I…
It’s All Relative
That X restaurant must be good because a lot of X eat there?As in: That Chinese/Korean/Japanese restaurant must be goodbecause…
What in the World? (aka WTF?)
I’m on my way home, flying from China to Honolulu,and I post this newsy tidbit on my Facebook page.Not that…
Chapter 10, “Moved by Music,” of my second memoir is now available on the Kindle Vella platform
She Will
She asks me if I’ve taken out the trash yet,and because I haven’t, I don’t answer her. I continue watching…
Beauty’s Truth
Close as night and day, you say,we’re friends, just friends, for now,so let’s see what happens, you say.Bark to a…
State Your Name and Your Business Here
I’m not used to such formality, and there’s the additional layerof being ordered to do this by a man wearing…
A Walk into My Past
The walk down into Waipi‘o Valley on the Big Island is easy,but the hike up isn’t, for the casual stroller…
Some Rave Review
Have you ever been curious about the notionthat when you are about to die, your lifewill flash before your eyes?…
The Ancient Singer
Someone’s stumbling on the prayerEveryone tripping on the wayThey’d sew me a new coatWhere the treadle machine’s storedHoping we don’t…
Softening Music
Grampa sits on the porch rockingHums songs from back in the day when he sang themFull-throated, lung-topped and smiling breathlesslyFeeling…
“Doing Swimmingly,” Chapter 9 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Reflections
Amazing how so much dust and grimecoat the surface of a wall mirror.Lying on the floor, I could easily see,but…
Missed Miles
Travel catch-upFrance friesChina frailsIreland fleetsNorway wavers Korea warnsAntarctica whelms Yesterdays of anytimeDesire returnedAche in the plane seatFatigue flying time zonesDay after…
All Those Miles
Taking hits between rehearsing scenes of Oliver!Smoking all the time during dances and concertsDriving home smashed Saturday nights from Wai‘alae Drive-InDrunk…
Lanning Lee 