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Tag: #WriterWednesday

All the Swimmers Are Strong

“What’s he done?  Lady, that is what David Chan will get out of the guy who just plugged your hubby.  Either he … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday

I think I’ve known him all my life

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

#Aging, #Grief, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday

Adultery, Theft, and Murder, Oh My (260 words)

I went back to my office.  Some woman was waiting.  I was anxious to get to the bottom of Kama and Eugene’s … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday

What’re the Chances? (160 words)

Chan had a witness.  It looked to the witness like the victim had been swimming and a woman had saved him … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Mystery, #WriterWednesday

Carousel of Time

The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More

#Aging, #Memories, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterWednesday

Prune Mui

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi.  If there were someone living near you who had … More

#Christmas, #Death, #food, #Mystery, #Neighbors, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

No Fall at Kōke‘e

It was that booming sound of rage, so thrillingto witness the angry sloshup of hydrologic forces,brimming froth and foam and … More

#Childhood, #Death, #Memories, #Poetry, #TakingChances, #WriterWednesday

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 22, The Bachelor Life for Me

Never start a piece of writing offering your reader advice.  What you will find, I have reason to believe, is that … More

#WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt, Memoir, NaNoWriMo2020, relationships

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 15, Get Your Motor Running

When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More

#Cars, #Driving, #Hawaii, #Learning, #Memoir, #NaNoWriMo2020, #ParentsandChildren, #travel, #Wisconsin, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 10, Moved by Music

My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences.  One of these was … More

#Childhood, #family, #Memoir, #Movies, #Musicals, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Opera, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 3, The Terrible Twos

The Terrible Twos?  Hell.  Shouldn’t this be Chapter 2 then, not Chapter 3?   Curses.   I’ll have to hammer that out come the final edit. … More

#Childhood, #Games, #Hawaii, #Memoir, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Strangers, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

A Dying Wish

The second thing I remember is my 4th birthday party,five red wax candles burning on a pink cake, the extra one … More

#Birthdays, #Memoires, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Wishes, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Playing a Game (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 17)

A man standing in front of Chan, turned to face him. “Oh wow,” the man said, “look who’s here.  If it … More

#CrimeFiction, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #ShootingPool, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Shanghai Tower

I wouldn’t get caught dead in Dubai, so probably then in the endthe tallest building I’ll ever have visited in … More

#Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Time, #travel, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

The Loss of a Son (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 10)

Chan gathered himself in the corridor outside Conrad Jones’s room.  Now he would have to tell him about his son’s death.  One … More

#CrimeFiction, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Hiking Lessons

I am hiking up Pālolo Valley with my friend Olav.  We’ve brought along way more than enough beer to fuel … More

#Aging, #friendship, #Hawaii, #PersonalEssay, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday, Writing Prompt

The Meaning of Aloha (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 3)

As with Mr. Martìnez, Mr. Flores’s room was tidy, everything packed, and there was an airline ticket indicating that he’d … More

#Ethnicity, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Prejudice, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Retirement

It’s possible I may live longer than my parents did.Desperation for more time should affect me with less intensitymaybe, given … More

#Aging, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday, Sonnets from Hawaii, Writing Prompt

A Helping Hand (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part 33)

In his mind, Chan had just knocked Yu down on the floor and was kicking his teeth in. “David?”  Yamamoto brought … More

#Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Mystery, #WriterWednesday, Writing Prompt

Death on the Nile

“We are considered by your country to be a third-world country.  They say we are 100 years behind you.  Do you think … More

#Prose, #ShortStory, #travel, #WriterWednesday, Writing Prompt

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