Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More
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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
Hiatus
A break for her came, the grading of papers and the teaching done.The quiet pulse of what’s to do next, … More
Value
The work wasn’t easy, more like hard play. She wasa busy barista, true, and all of the manic franticnessof rush … More
Pro Bono
Have you ever been at that point in a project where you’re just about finished, but there’s some nervousness making … More
Job Description
(Please Note: My postings are always rough drafts. By the time you see them, I’ve sometimes made changes/corrections, maybe even … More
Latte Days
She sells coffee as a living at 22 young years,this whip-smart barista with the green hairtoday, red hair yesterday, and … More
All the Hours of the Day and Night
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
Carbon Copy
Turns the fingers, hands of sloppy, floppy people smudgy. Muck your hands around and blacken paper, shirt, cheek. Handwashers of … More
Happy Some Before Dawn
Quieter, still quieter, quiet down the energy pent up today, for such recklessness cannot sit wasting by the window ledge … More
It’s ending a lot to look like Christmas
Nordstom finally took down their Christmas window displays. They’re not the last store at Ala Moana Shopping Center to do … More
Splurge
When she had lost her job due to downsizing because of the pandemic, Michi imagined it was the end for … More
So I Notice My Electricity Bill Went Up
Two months ago, a pair of Hawaiian Electric workerscame to my house to install a state-of-the-art meterwith all the bells … More
Far To Go
Kidnapped and blindfolded, I’m dumped in an unknown part of town.Sitting on the asphalt, I remember it’s Christmas Eve and … More
Life Insurance
Among other jobs, my dad sold insurance. Salesman that he was, he would go anywhere necessary to visit clients, and … More
The Downside of Town
My store is in a part of Chinatown that has so far avoided the magic wand of urban renewal. Take … More
Unraveling Sleep
Winding and windingup to wound and bound tightas the tasks to grab all day’s promisescramp tension strapped up in rapt … More
Business as Unusual
Robert Morgado did pest control. His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather. When his wife said “Nuff already, … More
Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café
Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More