Hope

Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More

Lifesaver

He’d joined on the Daegu because his uncle captained that long-line vessel.It was grueling work, worse his stomach betrayed him … More

A break for her came, the grading of papers and the teaching done.The quiet pulse of what’s to do next, … More

The work wasn’t easy, more like hard play. She wasa busy barista, true, and all of the manic franticnessof rush … More

Have you ever been at that point in a project where you’re just about finished, but there’s some nervousness making … More

(Please Note: My postings are always rough drafts. By the time you see them, I’ve sometimes made changes/corrections, maybe even … More

She sells coffee as a living at 22 young years,this whip-smart barista with the green hairtoday, red hair yesterday, and … More

I don’t know which of the 12 hours I love more,the half that’s a.m., or the half that’s p.m.I’d always … More

Turns the fingers, hands of sloppy, floppy people smudgy. Muck your hands around and blacken paper, shirt, cheek. Handwashers of … More

Quieter, still quieter, quiet down the energy pent up today, for such recklessness cannot sit wasting by the window ledge … More

Nordstom finally took down their Christmas window displays. They’re not the last store at Ala Moana Shopping Center to do … More

When she had lost her job due to downsizing because of the pandemic, Michi imagined it was the end for … More

Two months ago, a pair of Hawaiian Electric workerscame to my house to install a state-of-the-art meterwith all the bells … More

Kidnapped and blindfolded, I’m dumped in an unknown part of town.Sitting on the asphalt, I remember it’s Christmas Eve and … More

Among other jobs, my dad sold insurance. Salesman that he was, he would go anywhere necessary to visit clients, and … More

My store is in a part of Chinatown that has so far avoided the magic wand of urban renewal. Take … More

Winding and windingup to wound and bound tightas the tasks to grab all day’s promisescramp tension strapped up in rapt … More

Robert Morgado did pest control. His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather. When his wife said “Nuff already, … More

Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More