Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
I reported for GJ duty on Jan. 4, 2008 – about 195 people present with about 29 no shows. When announced that people could seek being excused about 20 people lined up, but as the rest of us sat the line grew longer, adding a few at a time until there were about 50 people…
Recently, Ricotta, named after the cheese but in a kind and loving way, and her mother moved into an old and friendly looking house along the highway. The house was the shape of the houses children draw when they are learning to draw houses: a roof like a triangle sitting on a box, two windows…
Richard Nakandakari is the hero in all of his stories. He’s the storyteller, the events are his, he lived them and has a right to tell them the way they seemed to him, from the inside. Who’ll know if he rewrites the dialogue to make himself sound smarter, more insightful, and even as a youth, wise? Being humorous…
1st Feels like the old new year: infinite loop; flying Dutchman; Möbius strip. 2nd Paranoid about going to the gym though working out with a trainer in a room by ourselves, double masked. Embarrassed but asked if could bring a fan to circulate the air. 3rd Spent more time than wanted to researching KN 95…
He explained that recently two of his best friends had died. He realized that not only had he lost them but he had lost parts of himself, experiences and corresponding memories that could never be shared again. He described the loss of others as pieces of ourselves falling away, never to be retrieved or replaced. As I said, he was eloquent in responding to a pop quiz after much eating and drinking. (774)
When awake, she would insist you sit in the chair next to her lounger, cling to your hand, afraid to lose you. 99 words
“Okay if I take your only child to visit gypsies on Hotel Street? I have this paper I have to write, and …” 100 words
Maybe there’s a better way to look at this. Marissa is social, she’s inclusive, she wants to make contact, she’d like to get to know me better, she’s nervous and vocalizes instead of falling silent or biting her nails.