Remembering Jeff

What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he … More

I’m Still Here

I promised back then that if one day our situation worsened to the pointwhere people became belligerent and screamed at … More

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

I finished my tea and what did I see this morning to my dismay? Those little black leaves at the … More

What do you do when you have a harder and harder time expressing in words what is running through your … More

Your lips dream dreams of their own. Their tiny brains only have room for good memories of kisses. A lifetime … More

Every morning my father brings in the newspaper, pours himself a cup coffee, then sits at the dining room table … More

In this post-pandemic world, travel had become trickier. On top of the health layers, people didn’t act the way they … More

He dreamed he grew up so empty he became a hollow echo of resoundingly resonant invisible soundlessness. Nothing he ever … More

To say that you have nothing but time is an exercise in self-delusion. They tied a rag around his face … More

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

It begins like the sound of unlashing whipsunlicking a soulful retreata music akin to tap dancing on sandthis shore that … More

Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat? 12:05, 06. If I had a watch … More

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

Like dog whistles we can’t be heard. If you could hear all of us, together, you’d never let us into … More

So we sit “beside” each other. We’re noteven supposed to be touching now I know.Oh, how that’s so not beside … More

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

“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded … More

Life had not gone the way he’d hoped since his retirement from teaching. Instead of traveling the world, renovating his … More

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