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

Remember To Buy . . . What?

I’m standing in the supermarket again, reaching in my pocketfor the list I wrote out on the breakfast counter at … More

I’m Back

She’s one ugly mother, but I’ve witnessed worse,turned down dates with women not far from this foul.I have standards, you … More

Wisconsin Romance

I know after the misty cranberry bogsof an early Minnesota morning, drivingeast at first light, Wisconsin’s waitingfor me, the way … More

At the Movies

Follow the yellow brick road with me. Seethe cornstalks, their long sheathed greencobs, how they snap to attention in front … More

And Justice for Some

I stood there, frozen by what I was seeing. The woman, attempting to run out her front door, screamed for … More

Coming to the Center

We find ourselves entering a corridor of language, she from the eastern door, and I from the west.  We take steps, … More

The Flip Side

The music stopped, but we kept dancing.  We could hear the melody going on, even though the musicians were packing up. … More

It Was Some Kind of Production

Spring was an adventure; we were learning the ropes.Summertime, a little easier going, working out the kinks.Fall ushered in those … More

No Ghosts Go Naked

If you ever see a naked ghostplease know you’re being had.No one has ever seen a genuine naked ghost.This is … More

Traveler’s Mileage Rewards

You regret it now, the random encounter you had while on vacation, when your genitals burn you awake in the … More

Do Us Part

June, they say, is for weddings, and lovers often schedule their exchange of vows accordingly. Some couples may not know … More

Memento Mori

He realized relatively young in life that he would die. That knowledge comes to each of us at a different … More

labor under old love’s illusion

unblinking at a new moonmoving thin skin outlinesilver sliver shimmering roundperfect, the odd center of it allmilky, muddled, blotchy, shadowedtaken all … More

The House of Missing Keys, Part 11

“Lieutenant Chan, good evening,” said the huge shadow. Chan recognized the voice immediately. The bartender of the Holo Holo Bar … More

We’ll Meet Again (for AT)

It’s April, the cruel one, and still heavy jacket chilly.Madison in April sometimes feel like mid-winter.I recall those odd days … More