No Turkey on the Table

Alive, they are ugly– having descended from a common dinosaur ancestor with Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor. Turkeys also taste…yucky. Huge birds, they are more flesh and bone than chicken (also share the same ancestor). Flavors don’t infuse while cooking, making them less succulent, juicy. Turkeys don’t care about the Japanese aesthetic of eating with the…

Unfurling

Green.  A color with flavor. The green of limes souring in the sun, The green of tart apples with a bite. Green, the color of bile. Green, the green flash of jealousy as I listen To yet another woman friend pushing her envelope, Sprung, liberated from a marriage that turned green.   She wrote of…

War Story

On Jeju Island we travel rough backroads on our small bus, bumping along narrowly through perfectly planted fields, row on row of fresh vegetables enough to feed an army. The Koreans have inhabited this island for at least eight centuries. We’re far from the crowded city, and our Hawai‘i guide notes he’s never traveled this…

Just Tourists Here

Seoul, 1990:  At 42, I was the youngest in our tour group by at least a decade.  Korean soldiers waved down our bus, and the driver nervously told our guide that an international incident had just occurred.  An armed soldier boarded and walked down the aisle, scrutinizing each of us in turn. Scowling, he disembarked…

November 2022 Year of the Tiger Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts

Okay, Turkeys, it’s November.  A good time to think skinny.  Better yet, disguise yourself as tofu and live a long, happy life. Okay, writers, it’s November.  A good time to write about anything.  Just like any other time.  So let’s go between 100 and 1000 words. Here are some prompt ideas for November.  Don’t like…

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