About You

Of course it must be “you” Even though I think of your ashes As a collection of what you were … More

A Searching of the Heart

I feel like a man whose memory functions glacier slow nowMy mind takes eons to piece together some semblance of … More

Opening Wounds

One of the deals with the Lutheran Church was that after you slogged your way through Catechism and Confirmation, you … More

Autumn Colors

Leaves turn their truest colors in the fallNo longer overwhelmed by chlorophyllThose cloudier months promoting natural huesThe greens all giving … More

A Temporary Parting

I recognize the boy climbing up the bank on the other side.Turning, he calls to me, over the rush of … More

B-Movie

Girl meets Boy.Boy is blind.Girl joins another Girl in bank robbery for money to finance corneal transplants.Girl is caught and … More

All Our Summers Find One Winter’s End

The only photo I had was of you at that one picnic,blue, long-sleeved shirt, a turtle neck, and white slacks.Our … More

Passion

Lia would drink a bottle or two of wine whenever that passion dwindled down for a time these days. It’s … More

Dr. Liu

Here’s to three years of “Let There Be Peace on Earth,”singing for it repeatedly and never seeing even one dayof … More

The Wrong Time

She tried to be friendly to the customers most of the time.         “I’m sorry, John, I didn’t quite catch your last … More

Best Laid Plans (230 words)

I dreaded visiting Heels in O‘ahu Prison.  Not because of going into the prison, but because of having to see him. … More

One Son Lost (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 4)

“How is he?” Chan asked Dr. Oh. “He’s stable. In and out of consciousness. He should be fine, though the … More