Can make plenty pumpkin tempura wit dat big bambucha one in da corner…

Year of the Snake entry for October. 100 words. For RY.

Triggers for October: 1. he was so proud wen he brought um home — From “Da Glove,” by Eric Chock 2. it was somewhat scary, but exciting, and it didn’t take long to learn what to do — From “Rainbows Under Water,” by John Dominis Holt 3. once I tawt dat I would try do…

Triggers for October: 1. what are you thinking right now? — From “After Words,” by Stuart Coleman 2. finally it was time for the celebration –From “Godoy,” by Walter Hiroichi Higa 3. I want to stop her from growing — From “Skin to Skin,” by Peggy Hong 4. what did you know about love? —…

October! This month, the limit is again, no limit — as many or as few words as you would like to write. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: Issue Number 72, GROWING UP LOCAL: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Hawaiʻi Issue Number 73,…

My parents took up golf in their mid-fifties and enjoyed it for the rest of their lives. On the theory that too much early pleasure might, like smoking, interfere with my maturation process, I put it off until my early seventies. 427 words.

Congratulations to Normie Salvador, an August winner in The Great BR Year of the Snake Writing Contest. Normie won 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the online store. Here’s the award won: Da mos Scary but Funny Award “The New Gravekeeper Is Made Welcome,” by Normie Salvador http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1466 Congratulations! And keep on entering the contest…

129 words. Trigger#4 each small piece of me. It is your kuleana to actively seek ways to learn your history, language, and culture. You alone are responsible for your learning. I get that. But on this particular day I discovered kuleana is also about acceptance of yourself.

Year of the Snake entry for September. 1000 words. For KM.

September! This month, the limit is again, no limit — as many or as few words as you would like to write. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: Issue Number 70, MORE KAUAʻI TALES, by Frederick B. Wichmann Issue Number 71, OUTSPEAKS: A RHAPSODY, by…