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Lanning Lee

Lanning Lee

Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Tag: #Grandparents

To Grow

It was the conversation Mr. and Mrs. Kakesako had dreaded having. Well, the one they’d dreaded having would have been … More

#Grandparents, #Learning, #Love, #ParentsandChildren, #Prejudice, #WriterTuesday

Alone Time

“Gramma, come on. Next stop Zippy’s.” Sometimes I can’t believe I’m still alive to hear this. Every year, the same … More

#Grandparents, #Parents, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Stories of My Grandmother

Sometimes my maternal grandmother visits me,I’ll come awake gradually, know she’s sitting there,silent guardian at the foot of my bed, … More

#Grandparents, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Land of English Only

I was born in a land of English speakers,where parents believed speaking Englishwas the key to success. My father was … More

#Education, #Grandparents, #Language, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, Writer Thursday

One Day It Came to Him

Chris is meeting this grandmother and grandfather, Al and Sarah, for the first time.  This is also the first time he’s … More

#Grandparents, #Magic, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Auld Lang Syne

He wasn’t a mean man. The lack of emotion that everyone saw in him, was just that. He no longer … More

#Grandparents, #Loss, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterFriday, New Years

Estate Sale

It’s an old turntable with a speaker horn, the kind you wind up,what my grandmother used to call a Victrola,even … More

#Grandparents, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterWednesday

The Big Knife

At my house, growing up, we had the Big Knife.  I don’t know if it was the same at your … More

#family, #FathersandDaughters, #Grandparents, #Grief, #Hawaii, #Memories, #ShortStory, #WriterTuesday

Assisting the Spirit

Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife.  People who knew about her ability – and this was all … More

#Death, #Grandparents, #Grief, #Hawaii, #OldAge, #ShortStory, #WriterTuesday

The Best Gift

“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it.            Mr. Watanabe looked at it.  Then at the other colors.  All … More

#Birthdays, #FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Marriage, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Strong Women

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

#Children, #Education, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Politics, #Prejudice, #Race, #ShortStory, #WriterSaturday
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