There’s an enormous crowd at the tiny lookout above Halema‘uma‘u. I and Commander Williams, USN Retired, continue along the trail…
Climax To Me (aka Here I Come) INT: Nighttime
Can you picture the moment of your conception?I like to think that it was one involving great passion,rather than an…
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
The five-night camp cost $25. I’d grown up at Pālama Settlement, currently took piano and swimming. For $5 a day,…
The Advent of Microwave Popcorn
A veritable second incarnation of popcorn immaculate microwave popcorn holy popcorn reborn A sofa-slouching second coming shark-frenzy feeding session the…
Empty Calories
That first night without her was the longest one of your life. Those were the days you’d practice drinking gunslinger…
Episode 13 of My Hawaii-based Crime Story Now Published
I’m happy to say that Episode 13 of Follie: The Disappearances of Honolulu is now available on the Kindle Vella…
To See What He Had Seen — Part Nineteen
It was nearly midnight. Chan, unable to sleep, sat on his lānai overlooking downtown Honolulu. Sitting here, year after year,…
And Found
We walk hand-in-hand down a green grass path. I see the undersides of overhead leaves. They are a deep brown,…
The Kindness of Strangers
My first visit to Tate Britain, walking through the entrance, takes my breath away. It would necessitate much running if…
Unsettled
Here someone opened a can of Vienna sausage,and in another place a tin of sardines,a fried egg, sunny side up…
Count Up
The first thing he doesn’t do is remember to start shooting. A nurse picks up the camera and assumes the…
Oases
I’ve been the recipient of many acts of kindness during my post-retirement travels. From Antarctica in February 2017 to Egypt…
Excavation
Digging up a spade of rocky soil in that old ground took exertion enough for three or four of a…
Rough Cut
I read that a 90-minute movie optimally accommodates our 2021 attention spans. In the back of my mind I recall…
If a Chapel Bell Rings in Space
I waited, breath bated, in anticipation and trepidation,the tenterhooks rubbing my flesh a delightfully reddish hue.Headen for a wed’n, I…
On Earth We Come and Go
Like a dog in years, a wet cold perfectly upholstered nose, long body sleek curled up here before the fire,…
To See What He Had Seen — Part Eighteen
Jason Yu sat at his desk, hands folded, and looked out over the yard of his Mānoa Valley home. He’d grown…
Note to Self
Please, can you snap out of it, please? The pandemic’s loosening up its death grip a bit now. Don’t think…
To See What He Had Seen — Part Seventeen
As he pulled into the garage, Chan could see that lights were on in the house. Someone was home. Since…
A Ghosting Story
Her veined hand shakes as she grips the wooden bannister. The faint knocking at the door has awakened her again,…
Lanning Lee 