Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

Tradition

His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More

After her arm was broken, dizzy, she fell trying to call outweakly for anyone to help, then slipped into darkness.She’d … More

It happened one day in the 13th year of his commitment.Standing outside Macy’s, he took a step and foundit landed … More

The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More

It’s blinding, the kind of pain that comes with the rains,up here, this time of year, lots of work for … More

“Hello hello hello, everybody.” The big man taps the mic. “If you could please take your seats, we can get … More

“You want to go to Chicago for what?” I ask. “Tights,” says the dancer in my life. I can’t tell … More

When I sit down on our piano bench, the piano nearly 60 years old now, I am comfortable enough. I … More

That was your style for a while, a momentuntil the next idea hit you, what’s trending,your tastes turning like stiles, … More

From the top of the Gwangbok Lotte Department StoreI can see the Yeongdo(daegyo) Draw Bridge crossing Busan Harbor.From this height, … More

Annie and I had planned to ride the ziplinefrom the mainland to Nami Island,famous as the romantic setting for Winter … More

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

We view the Korean DMZ from several vantage points,each one quite a distance from North Korea itself.At the Odusan Unification … More

We’d sit at stoplights and classical music would playon the public radio station to which she still donated.Again she’d begin … More

I immediately can see I’m way out of my league,but I’ve foolishly promised my cousin I’d join himat Booth Park … More

I’ve been on at least three hundred first dates,and while I don’t believe anyone can everhave seen it all, I … More

Have you ever been curious about the notionthat when you are about to die, your lifewill flash before your eyes? … More

The blackbirds are too many nowand fierce today. Even thoughI hurried to hang the laundry on the linebefore the sun … More

My neighbor kid’s been helping me tie up some dead branches. Finished, I’m drinking a beer, he a passion-orange juice … More