“In the Good Old Summertime,” the 7th chapter of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform

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I recall the manapua,my favorite steamed char siu buns,half-moons and pork hash.The box half full or half empty? When that…

My cousin makes the best lemon meringue pie ever. One reason has to be the magic lemon tree that growsbehind…

I always drove between Oakland and Madison non-stop, except for food and fuel, no naps, 24 hours straight on the…

“Isn’t that cute?” “Uh huh.” I’m sure it’s a question of time, that love may conquer all, but behind my…

Congregation I was one of them, gathering together to ask the Lord’s blessing, every Sunday singing with the rest, how…

I sat perched atop one of the dryers in our apartment building basement, absorbing warmth, enjoying the rumbling spin of…

Nothing much gets the old adrenaline going now, but even if you’re tired, you know, you have to force yourself…

Exactly a year from now, I wonder ifI’ll be sitting at my computer writing something?I believe I foresee a good…

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I…

That silver flame subdued all color into black and white. Remembering neon paint and black light nights. I recall the…

Was it 40 or 50 years ago now that my sisterconvinced me to try online dating? I’ve losttrack of how…

I’ve had this dream before, variations of it, many times.This morning it was my final dream of the night,so right…

Go on, please turn your head this way.I close my eyes, and you’re all I see.The best things in life…

Yet no one passing by stoops to retrievethis fragment of our flag oddlyleft to weather on the roadside.Tattered and fading…

This morning I had an enormous idea.I’m talking it was spectacular, my friends. I woke up from a dream where…

I’m standing in the supermarket again, reaching in my pocketfor the list I wrote out on the breakfast counter at…

I learned recently that Claude Monet wanted mostto paint the air between himself and his subject.I’m still trying to wrap…