You might want to scream when you’re staring at the screen,wondering whether it’s frozen or not. It’s like the clock’s … More
Tag: #WriterSaturday
Splurge
When she had lost her job due to downsizing because of the pandemic, Michi imagined it was the end for … More
Raining in the New Year
This is the kind of weather where you don’t want to let your dog outside because you know she’ll be … More
Christmas, say, 60 years ago
Say 60 years ago this morning, my sister and I would have been awake much earlier than sunrise, earlier than … More
Some Costly Free Advice
Each new door is an opening on another dawn. Yawn. I sing, “It seems to me I’ve heard that song … More
Learning This Right Now
No need to save anything on a board anymore, black or white, ephemeral chalk or marker. I’ve seen it in … More
Never Fear
I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … More
Under the Golden Arches
Always a favorite of minethat last meal with youwriting about it repeatedlyhow we dined at McDonald’sFilet-o-Fish and friesthe grandest of … More
A Meal with You
Always my favorite, reliving this, under the Golden Arches, every single Filet-o-Fish, no, really, if you could have been here … More
How Many Times Is It You Only Live?
Bored yesterday, I decided to go back to the beginningof the James Bond film franchise, to Sean Connery,still my favorite, … More
Spin
I will enter the vault in search of the song I believe I have spun here on old vinyl.Memory could … More
Empty Calories
That first night without her was the longest one of your life. Those were the days you’d practice drinking gunslinger … More
Excavation
Digging up a spade of rocky soil in that old ground took exertion enough for three or four of a … More
A Ghosting Story
Her veined hand shakes as she grips the wooden bannister. The faint knocking at the door has awakened her again, … More
Bells Are Ringing
INT. ALOHA THRIFT SHOP – MORNING ANNA YOSHIMURA (late 20s) stands behind counter pricing used clothing items. The little bell over the … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Eight
Jason turned back down the stairs, came into the study, and sat in front of his father’s desk. “I wanted … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Four
Byung Yu sat open-mouthed, apparently nonplussed by this strange statement. Victor Yamamoto barely suppressed bursting out laughing. David Chan observed … More
From Dream to Dream
I believe I see down the aisle someone who dreams, by the black tights and leg warmers, of colossal success, … More
Do You Remember? (An Old Car)
Listening to Neil YoungI saw your face in the fire.It took me back to Madisonand winter walks in the night.Remember … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part One
The phone call brought Lieutenant David Chan back from the dead. At 3:00 in the morning, it sounded, as he gradually … More
Lanning Lee 