The House of Missing Keys

She stopped for a moment to steady herself. The thought of this being what it’s like to have dementia crossed her…

Saving Face

That is some face framed by snaking black hair right behind the glass highly visible precisely to be so seen…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.27.22. Little Birds, Big Show This morning on my walk around the Ala…

Here’s my rough draft for Wednesday 01.26.22 Of Story Order The highest sun was heaven’s hottest flower The full moon…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Tuesday 01.25.22 The Music of Marriage A friend of mine whose husband collects recordslaments…

Remember the first time you damaged your phone dropping it?I’d never dropped my phone at all ever, so the first…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Sunday 01.23.22. Very Superstitious? I toss the salt over my shoulder, but I never…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Saturday 01.22.22. I eat fast food maybe four times a year. When I do, Burger…

I’m happy to say that Episode #6 of One Halloween in Honolulu, my second Lieutenant David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story,…

It’s coming again, like some slouching beast. I see all the drooling signs in the stores, the ones that make…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.20.22 Another Friend He was a ball hog. You should have seen him…

At the destruction of the world I sipped coffee that was too hot. Like everyone else, I’ll guess, I didn’t…

Nordstom finally took down their Christmas window displays. They’re not the last store at Ala Moana Shopping Center to do…

Sadness sets in counting the steps, not looking up, not looking forward. Making your way there watching your feet move,…

Here’s my rough draft for today, Sunday 01.16.22 The End of the Innocence Imagine the biggest chocolate bar you could…

You might want to scream when you’re staring at the screen,wondering whether it’s frozen or not. It’s like the clock’s…

I’m happy to say that Episode 5 of my latest Lieutenant David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story is now available on…

It’s another spring coming that I won’t be back in Madison,go there to write, my personal writing workshop, a retreat,where…

You knew I loved practical jokes when we met,you even said then you really adored them.So I tried my best…

When it’s time for me to pretend I’ve grown old,I’ve decided the most important thingI’ll need to be able to…