The End of Innocence

Here’s my rough draft for today, Sunday 01.16.22 The End of the Innocence Imagine the biggest chocolate bar you could … More

Walking Through Downtown Honolulu

With her tousled white hair and shredded clothes, the elderly Japanese woman appears to be someone living on the street. … More

In the Hood

Well this is easy, I think,reading the simple instructionson the small piece of paper inside the plastic bag.But it’s not … More

This and That and That

He’d read about why they put the chicken all that long way in the back of the store. It was what … More

This is an ex-poem

This used to be a poem, but now it’s not. I tried to make it pretty, but it didn’t turn … More

Beautiful Rubbish

My mom used to call it “beautiful rubbish,” the red-orange flowers from our African Tulip trees, littering the lawn in … More

I Get Good Prices

It was a big moment in his life, when he first learned where he could buy a watch at a … More

Today

When your legs moved like wheels,the pounding exhilarating,arms pumping, well-oiled pistons,remember the more and more of a young blood rush. Such … More

A Mechanical Alarm

That was not what I heard, not what I heard, the force of wind, not the tall trees creaking as … More

That’s What’s That

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The … More

Smoking Can Kill (Your Love Life)

Steve shows me how to hold the smoke in.At 16 I’m already a veteran cigarette smoker,so that’s not the problem.Twenty … More

The Advent of Microwave Popcorn

A veritable second incarnation of popcorn immaculate microwave popcorn holy popcorn reborn A sofa-slouching second coming shark-frenzy feeding session the … More

Oases

I’ve been the recipient of many acts of kindness during my post-retirement travels. From Antarctica in February 2017 to Egypt … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Seventeen

As he pulled into the garage, Chan could see that lights were on in the house. Someone was home. Since … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Fourteen

“Yoboseyo?” “It’s me.” “What is it?” “Two things, sir. First, there’s an update on those gang killings. A woman, a Mrs. Anderson, … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Five

Old man Kang Yu had been a hard father to grow up under. He stressed education for his son, Byung. But it … More

The Power of Prayer

She’d noticed that he spent more and more time reading the obituaries. Not that more people were dying, although Covid had … More

The Fabled Cliché

Never say a good or a bad egg.However, if there is an egg involveddo not ever assume it is an … More

On the Way

We’d become friends back in elementary school,she and I waiting for our dads to pick us up,we’d sit on the … More

Plumbing

I replaced a faucet set on one of my sinks, the old one having ceased to function. I don’t know … More