Chapter 8 of my second memoir is now available on the Kindle Vella platform

“In the Good Old Summertime,” the 7th chapter of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform

I’m happy to say that my memoir is now available in both Kindle and print editions.

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 24, All’s Well That Ends

1977. It’s mostly a blur. Sometimes when I try to recall the events of that year, it seems as if it were … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 23, A Tale of Mad City

My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 21, It Was a Very Good Year

A one, and a two: When I was living Chapter 21, it was a very good year . . . … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 20, I Draw the Line

I was maybe 15 minutes late. I ran up the stairs to the 3rd floor of George Hall and popped in the … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 19, Ah yes, I remember it well

The line was incredibly long. We stood in the dark, many of us smoking because none of us knew about secondhand … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 18, Like Heads Through the Hourglass

Drinking alcohol was so easy now. It seemed like only yesterday, on a dull Friday or Saturday night, we’d be … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 16, The Man from the North

My junior year in high-school was one of those amazing years, the kind of year that does not come around … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 15, Get Your Motor Running

When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 13, It’s a Small World

My voice changing, leading to my having to retire from the Honolulu Children’s Opera Chorus, and therefore losing touch with … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 12, Fear and Loathing

I understand that scholars on the subject now generally can neither agree nor disagree whether Martin Luther, ordered to recant … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 11, Opera Man

So my sister, a charter member of the organization, said, “Come try out for the Honolulu Children’s Opera Chorus. You might … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 10, Moved by Music

My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences. One of these was … More

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 9, Doing Swimmingly

It was time, my parents decided, for me to learn how not to drown. We live in Hawai‘i, so we’re surrounded … More

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