And this, too, is Paradise

Here in paradise they’ll paytake me to Hawai‘i neiHome of Diamond Headpearly shells from the oceanTourists negotiate the poornight and … More

Flight

We’re off now, I guess, with your leaving here,since I’m pretty sure that ends whatever this was.O‘ahu is too small … More

CAST Old McGann (MCGANN): A smart old cockroach who has learned all the survival techniques passed down over the last … More

It’s fuckin fucked up ovah here Everybody coming not jes for play tourist But fo fuckin live, permanent kine, like … More

“Look,” my wife says, “they don’t go all the way under.” I see but am not relieved. “They lock you … More

Frances Silverwood and David Lindemanused my home, Pacific Heights,in their 1919 song, “Honolulu I Am Coming Back Again.” Commissioned to … More

He and Mel had been out drinking with the gang, but everyone else had pooped out and gone home. Tomorrow … More

In this post-pandemic world, travel had become trickier. On top of the health layers, people didn’t act the way they … More

He sipped the tea, sat back in his chair, and closed his eyes. You can always tell a good Chinese … More

His plane had arrived late. Too late to ride the party bus. Sipping his tea, he watched the old woman … More

He sipped his tea. Black tea in the daytime, green tea at night, right? Or was it the other way … More

He sat at the empty round table sipping watery black tea, wondering what had happened to those 75 years. Of … More

My childhood friend tried to claim the sky belonged to him. As we sat there on the lānai, looking out … More

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

He’d heard that phrase all his life, but never thought much about what it might mean. Maybe he might’ve been … More

EXTERIOR. ON THE BEACH AT KEKAHA, KAUAʻI, HAWAIʻI EVENING Four friends, BEANPOLE, BROWNIE, GOODIE, and PEANUT sit on the sand … More

Sickest I’ve ever been. I don’t think anyone got annual flu shots back then. At least I never heard of … More

Last Friday, brightly believing that I’d now become immune to Covid because of finally receiving the first of two Pfizer … More

Since I’ve retired, I’ve looked for things to do to fill out my routine. One thing I’d never done before … More

The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I … More