Disillusion

After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … 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

Dream

And then for the tourists’s dream vacationit snows like hell in Hawai‘i, for goodness sake.Waikīkī’s transformed into White-kiki,and surf’s down … More

The Boy Who Stayed

My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

I lie and watch TV on Christmas Day with no desire,really, to glean anything of value from it, not understandinghalf … More

Of Fall and Winter

Of Fall and Winter All is vivid green here today, the sustained rainsheeting its clear wrapped folds down all around … More

Problems

I was standing in my driveway, saying hello to a neighbor walking her dog. K does this four or five … More

Into the Woods

Jill and I are hiking Tantalus, and as is her wont, Jill’s decided to be a trailblazer.  As we wander farther … More

Going Home

The first time I visited Korea, at age 65, I dropped out of the sky,a stranger in a strange land, catapulted … More

Hand in Glove

Korea’s a glove, the fingerless kind.A palm rests snug in it, the half warm, half clean, partprotected from the elements, … More

A Face

The Gyeongju National Museum houses a collection of art and artifactsspanning the 1000-year history of the Korean peninsula’s Silla period.The … More

In the Bunker

From outside you would hardly see it, this bunkerbuilt by US troops during the Korean War on the DMZ.It is … More

Origin

If you want to pinpoint your origins, how far back do you go? How far back do you want to … More

Paths Crossed

We were sitting in her office, and she blew a cloud of smoke into the air above us,her lips positioned … More

From Time to Time

He woke up crying, rocking in his bed,unable to stand, let alone walk,and he wondered would he ever be ableto … More

A Walk into My Past

The walk down into Waipi‘o Valley on the Big Island is easy,but the hike up isn’t, for the casual stroller … More

Never at All 

In my dream, just before the music plays – I’ve seen this so often over 60 years – learned all … More

Gray Dog (Loving Pets)

The dependance uponwhat a great deal her life lenta small gray dogthere a statue nowstanding over her asheshonoring herafter Greyfriars … More

Bittersweet

My cousin makes the best lemon meringue pie ever. One reason has to be the magic lemon tree that growsbehind … More

I’m No Astronomer

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More