An Old Salt

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

Storming the 7th Continent

I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More

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

I have been to the Bristol bus terminal enough times now to have lost count. Not a huge number of … More

It was the moment I have wondered about on occasion, that moment when your death has reached the time it … More

I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line … More

The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More

“You don’t recognize me, do you?” She’s smiling at me, a good smile, the kind of smile that lights up … More

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

My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion … More

We’d been advised by the agency, in our travel instruction packet, not to go outside our hotel after sundown. In … More

This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More

Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More

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

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

If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More

We approach the Russian Border traveling from Kirkenes, Norway by boat. In order to come right to the borderline, we … More

Stuck here at home, unable to see my family anymore,lying in bed at night I think, with short, shallow breaths … More

I wouldn’t get caught dead in Dubai, so probably then in the endthe tallest building I’ll ever have visited in … More

“We are considered by your country to be a third-world country. They say we are 100 years behind you. Do you think … More