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I left my job at the end of June, after an intense year leading the content department of a start-up. I didn’t trade it in for another one; I’m not jumping into something new. I’m taking a summer vacation.The first two weeks into my break, assu
I do live in Hawai’i, but I’ve been pretending I don’t.And I’ve gotten so good at this deception over the course of the last year, I almost started to believe it myself.Here’s how: Every weekday morning, I wake up, shower, get dressed, make som
There’s a cat asleep at the foot of my bed, his wheezy snores barely perceptible above the whirr of the dishwasher and the nighttime chorus of coqui frogs.I was a self-professed cat despiser for most of my adult life. I thought they were jerks,
as we pull to the side of the road between a long line of cars that have done the same.I’ve lived here for two-and-a-half years and this is my first time to Kahena, one of the few real beaches on this side of the island that also happens to be
I stand on a deck, barefoot in a bathing suit, second in a long line of people who are gathered on a warm Hawaiian night for a cold plunge. I moved to a place where it’s perennially summer for a reason: I hate the cold. What am I doing here? I
The Mystery of OlyphantThere’s a place near my hometown of Scranton, PA whose name I know but, having had no occasion to go there, I don’t know much about.On the way to my brother Jonathan’s wedding last month, it struck me as we drove through
Is he a tall and bulky stocking-faced shadow like the cartoon villains? Does he have a face and a name and a family? I wonder what my grandmother saw when she closed her eyes and heard the sound that would tip her off that “the man” was breakin
Five tiny, feeble flightless birds whose names I failed to learn. When I find them, they look like they’re sleeping, eyes closed sweetly, collapsed into a dream on a patch of grass like a blanket.But I know they’re not sleeping.It’s the small f
I was putting on the hot water for tea, my brain still groggy with the tattered remnants of a dream about to dissipate, when Kev came in and said we caught a pig. He was out the door in a camo jacket and work pants and boots before I could unde
Thoughtful or sweet? Sure. Acquiescent and at times even ingratiating — yes. But not nice. I can think of a dozen other ways I would describe myself before using the word “nice:” observant, creative, persistent, generous, grounded, optimistic,
Three past the one in which my license lapsed … the license I was meant to transfer from California to Hawai’i within 60 days of moving here. But within those 60 days, a pandemic happened. And things like licensing seemed to fall to the wayside
If you’re from northeastern Pennsylvania like me, you’ve taken at least two school field trips to the coal mines and perhaps went again as an adult with kids — yours or others — or you played tour guide for a boyfriend or college friend who’d c
This started as an experiment, to create something that would allow you to feel, make you think, coax a chuckle, or release a sigh. I assigned myself the duty of pushing back the walls of “should have done” and “should be doing” to create a tin
Assignment: Write a report on a historical figure, event, or invention, then come to the school Halloween parade dressed like that.My best friend chose Florence Nightingale, the legendary nurse, and a reasonable choice for a ten-year-old girl i
But first…(because we both know you don’t always read the P.S.)1.) I’m having a party for my book! Join me (& the legendary Alison Crosthwait) this Sunday, 10/24, at 1pm HST/4pm PDT/7pm EDT. There will be talking and music (and more talking and
We’re told it’s “contained,” but what does that mean? It's erupting respectfully, mindfully, people-pleasingly?No. This is not how nature works.I wonder how long she can hold back before giving herself over to her sacral urge and creating from
UPDATE: The book release has been rescheduled to Sunday, October 24th at 1pm HST (4pm PDT/7pm EDT). And I’m excited to announce my dear friend (and artist, guide, and remarkable human) Alison Crosthwait will be hosting the event! We’re co-creat
Age 7, Nana & Papa's. A cacophony of voices coming from the dining room: an uncle doing impressions, then a crescendo of laughter. Thick burgundy glass goblets and lipstick-marked teacups strewn about the crumb-covered, gravy-dotted tablecloth.
Where will it lead? Somehow, always back to the present.I sit watching the smoke from my essential oil diffuser drift in front of the window and then blow back towards my face in swirling whisps. The vapor strands pull on the threads of a memor
I'm about to reply with a courtesy "wrong number" when the next text comes in: "Gregory, don't forget to claim your big reward!" Spam texting. Well, that's new.Over just a few days, Gregory has won a new iPad, a cruise, a one-night stay (just o
Our universe is someone’s cup of pour-over morning coffee? Our planet one air bubble of many, the galaxy a swirl of brown foam, the stars moist grounds that catch the fluorescent kitchen light. The percolated drips sucked into the black hole of
I know most of you read rather than listen to these. But this week, there are no words to read because I didn’t have anything prepared. I didn’t write anything new, and by the time I sat down to, I didn’t have time to write, edit, and record.In
2020 was a storm of a year. In my personal life, though, the first 10 months were in overwhelming contrast to the external world: I moved to Hawaii, got married, bought a house, and got pregnant. It was exciting and a lot of change all at once,
Are like dry skin cells sloughing off in the shower. Something you once carried, the tiny particles of who you were but are no longer racing towards the sucking swirl of the drain.Let them go.They served you then, but you are stepping into now…
A tiny fly just walked across my table to a teeny fallen flower bud. As he approached it, I marveled at how similar the two looked. Same size, dark and compact. One animated, the other contracted and lifeless. Then I marveled again when the fly
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