Memento Mori

He realized relatively young in life that he would die. That knowledge comes to each of us at a different … More

Better Luck

Steel, maybe, lots of steel. Perhaps concrete by the boat-loads. Wood, really, I would rather not use. Impermanence has proved … More

“It’s right there,” he said, pointing to the small break in the tree line, hard to tell from this far … More

At the destruction of the world I sipped coffee that was too hot. Like everyone else, I’ll guess, I didn’t … More

It’s best to be born mid-century.I was born in 1954, just a babe in the nuclear age.If you come in … More

These stone tablets grow row on row, symmetrically planted concrete flowers blooming in a precisely laid field as far as … More

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

He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More