Yesterday one of my Donna friends shared with me her impressions of reading Hawai‘i Calling, my first book. Donna loved my stories, especially the style of my storytelling with my explicit descriptive command of words. “Really well done; right up there; an A.” She had one cautionary bit of feedback. “Sometimes I felt that IContinue reading “Prologue to Secrets Unveiled”
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It Gets Better
I wrote this piece this morning, after writing stories about two friendships in my youth, both of which should/ could have been young lovers. But they weren’t. In those years, I lived in a closet—closed tight with not even a door to open and escape my own prison. // It will become a repeated tenorContinue reading “It Gets Better”
From a Friend
Who Knows Me Well Aloha Ric,Well, it’s your fault that my floor is dirty & there are dishes in the sink. I got your book today, came home from the post office, sat down & read the whole thing. I so recognized that awareness of Hawai’i being my rightful home. From my first step atContinue reading “From a Friend”
Only “Us”
“We act in Gaza according to our interests.” “There is no ‘them; there is only ‘us.’” Two quotes I heard on public radio this morning while driving to my Honolulu Write Team workshop. It’s hard for me to imagine two more contradictory quotes, uttered about two minutes apart and sending my eardrums (and heart) intoContinue reading “Only “Us””
Love Life—It’s What We Got
“Retreat cancelled.” I got a big disappointment in yesterday’s emails. My friend Diane Farrar notified the group of quilters from Big Island’s Ka Lae quilter group that our much-anticipated 2021 KMC Quilters’ Retreat will be cancelled—due to Covid 19 surge in recent weeks. From the years 2012 until 2019, this annual retreat has been myContinue reading “Love Life—It’s What We Got”
Today…
So tell me, please. Today… Am I standing a bit taller (rather than a shrinking old man)? Do I look a bit wiser (or more foolish)? Do I sound slightly more authoritative (when I mutter something out loud)? Does my writing room smell a bit like that of a college prof (minus the pipe odor)?Continue reading “Today…”
What to Do with a Night Moonbow
Night Moonbow Publishing LLC. Now there’s a name for you! What? Moonbow? Google Docs repeatedly challenged my mis-spelling of the word—until I “told” it to “learn” the word. But it’s interesting to me. The online dictionary doesn’t even recognize the name of my new publishing company. You meant “rainbow,” right? Or “moonlight”? Or “moonshine”? Noooo,Continue reading “What to Do with a Night Moonbow”
Lake Waiau—Hawaiian Style
I knew that Hawaiians have a powerful spiritual connection with Lake Waiau, atop Mauna Kea on Hawai‘i Island. So many songs and legends about Mauna Kea—of course, it has special import for the kanaka maoli (native people). To be sure, the land (ka ‘aina) is treasured by Hawaiians. Yet, Mauna Kea is special above anyContinue reading “Lake Waiau—Hawaiian Style”
Happy Birthday, Ric d.
Happy Birthday, indeed. When I turned seventy, I groaned and decided, No more birthday celebrations. I’m getting old. Today, two years later, I celebrate 72 and I say, “Blow the horns. Chime the bells. Let the world know.” Three weeks from tomorrow, August 24, my first book, Hawai‘i Calling, will publish. At seventy-two, I amContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Ric d.”
A Long Pause
This morning I wrote a memoir segment about visiting Nablus in northern Palestine. The last segment I wrote was about driving from Bethlehem to Nablus. That memoir piece is dated 05/30/21. It has been twenty-four days since I have written. I didn’t begin my pause with any intention. On the first day, I simply didn’tContinue reading “A Long Pause”