Sometime late in the languid afternoon dreamscape, both fans turning, one thrush calling, a peach-colored finch chirp-chirping, the sky suddenly clears of all but white vapor pillows, cool and far-off….

It is voggy today which explains the lethargy. The air is thick, smelling of ash, fire and wind. Tonight the fireworks will go off in Hilo Bay. It is already…

Okay, writers, it’s time to ponder July pieces for the Year of the Rooster contest. As it was last month, you can write a haiku or a piece that is…

Congratulations to Jim Harstad, Darrell, Rbibeau, Doreen B. and Zanelle. You are the June winners of the Bamboo Ridge online writing contest. Each of you has won ten Bamboo Bucks…

I trudged by their tent a few times every day at the campground on one of the most beautiful, secluded beaches in Hawaii. Of course I noticed them. I like…

“Any news?” “The usual,” Whitey replies, looking up from his Sunday Post-Intelligencer. “And the unusual?” “Now and then. Keeps me coming back.” Fresh flattop haircut. White sidewalls. “Uh, were you…

First time I saw your muddah was at YMCA dance. Ho, she look like Miss Hawaii. Except when da song start, she hide behind her girlfriends. Finally when I went…

My father With a stiff white collar and classy tie, he disappeared into the night only to return with a lipstick stain for my mother to wash with bitter tears.

…orders one of us to retrieve a bottle of Primo beer from the ‘fridge. The routine has made small hands practiced with manipulating a bottle opener. He sits cross-legged on…

I placed my groceries on the counter. The tanned fellow behind me smiled and I stepped forward in the tight line a bit with wary silence. “You like carrots I…