The Remnant Hours

Rising, late in the day, the hours so strange these days, it’s time to take off the coat of sleep … More

Oath

Okay, the next time I’ll have taken lessons,boned up lots on all your bout rules.Only the French could explain whythe … More

Always a favorite of minethat last meal with youwriting about it repeatedlyhow we dined at McDonald’sFilet-o-Fish and friesthe grandest of … More

Okay, I see the title of this one is Air Force Research Laboratory, Aero-Effects Laboratory optical metrology system and performance. … More

Always my favorite, reliving this, under the Golden Arches, every single Filet-o-Fish, no, really, if you could have been here … More

The feelings were hard, no matter what you said. Maybe not on your side, but they were on mine. What … More

My brain has always been a foggy swirl of what-ifs.Every day, really. Choices. Of great consequence or small.Do I ask her … More

Steve shows me how to hold the smoke in.At 16 I’m already a veteran cigarette smoker,so that’s not the problem.Twenty … More

Can you picture the moment of your conception?I like to think that it was one involving great passion,rather than an … More

That first night without her was the longest one of your life. Those were the days you’d practice drinking gunslinger … More

We walk hand-in-hand down a green grass path. I see the undersides of overhead leaves. They are a deep brown, … More

I waited, breath bated, in anticipation and trepidation,the tenterhooks rubbing my flesh a delightfully reddish hue.Headen for a wed’n, I … More

INT. ALOHA THRIFT SHOP – MORNING ANNA YOSHIMURA (late 20s) stands behind counter pricing used clothing items. The little bell over the … More

She asked what it was before she unwrapped it. Do you ever wonder why people ask that about gifts?It’s as … More

Listening to Neil YoungI saw your face in the fire.It took me back to Madisonand winter walks in the night.Remember … More

For a long time now, when I’d be eating my cornflakes at the breakfast table, I’d keep thinking you were … More

We’d become friends back in elementary school,she and I waiting for our dads to pick us up,we’d sit on the … More

There were no more good reasons I could come up with, no more desperate excuses I could dream up for … More

She said that the way I walked was funny. I asked why, so she demonstrated. She swung her shoulders and … More

We are walking the area called Blue Moundsjust outside of Madison, on a sunny summer day.It’s another picnic, she loves … More